- Establishment of model fish / shrimp
farms
---- 12 Nos
- Establishment and rehabilitation /
augmentation of
hatcheries
----09 Nos
- Introduction and promotion of cageculture
fish
farming
----05 Nos
- Setting up of State of the Art fish
markets ----06 Nos
- Support up to 20% to private sector
farmers for:
- Shrimp Farms
- Cages
- Trout
- Fish yearling production ponds for
cageculture
- Provision of training to community shrimp
and fish
farmers
----2100 Nos
- Establishment of private sector led
Fisheries Development Board.
- Provision of technical backstopping,
research and development to fisheries
community.
- Development of Master Plan for coastal,
inland and marine aquaculture.
- Strengthening of Fisheries Management Wing
of the Ministry.
In the wake of
18th Amendment in
Constitution of
Pakistan, the
project has been
closed before its
completion.
Fisheries
Development Board
has completed the
targets set for the
project during the
last three years
under the
supervision of
Board. Two
hatcheries in Sindh
has been
renovated/augmented,
one hatchery is
completed in D.I
Khan and one shrimp
hatchery at
Balochistan is near
to completion as
funds were
transferred to Govt.
of Balochistan.
Subsequently, FDB
has completed
revitalization of
Mirpur Hatchery at
AJK which remained
abundend for last 15
years.
Moreover, five cage
farms were established
at Mangla Dam, Merani
Dam, Keenjhar Lake,
Khanpur Dam and Dhurabi
Dam wherein study was
conducted to promote and
awareness purpose of
cage farming in private
sector. Fisheries
Development Board had
also arranged workshops,
seminars and trainings
for awareness and
training of public
sector, private fish
farmers and
entrepreneurs in the
various sectors of
fisheries such as cage
fish farming, shrimp
farming, etc as given
below:
- Nineteen (19)
people were
intensively trained
in the field of
shrimp hatchery
management in 2009.
- A seminar was
held on Potential of
Aquaculture and
Shrimp Farming in
Sindh
- A workshop was
conducted at Mirpur
in 2009 on Fresh
Water Cage Culture
Fish Farming
- At Karachi, a
workshop was held on
Advancement in
Aquaculture
Technologies in
Pakistan
perspective.
- An International
Workshop was held on
Organic Aquaculture
with collaboration
of FAO and INFOFISH
in 2009.
- A one day
seminar was held at
Karachi on Policy
and Strategy for
Fisheries
Development in new
Decade 2011-2020
- A Seminar on
Save our Seas was
held at Karachi with
the collaboration of
PAKFEA.
- A co-sponsored
training was held on
Small Scale Fish
Handling for
fishermen of Gaddani.
- A training
workshop was held at
Mirpur, AJK on Cage
Fish Farming for
master trainers
including public and
private fish
farmers.
Fisheries Development
Board in the history of
Pakistan has been
successful in
coordination with
Wetlands to establish
the first National Park
for conservation of
Mahseer fish at Poonch
River, Mirpur, AJK. In
this context, a number
of activities have been
carried out including
demarcation of water
body using Buoys,
patrolling and watch &
ward to control catch
and theft, awareness
workshops for community,
etc.
A project for
Strengthening of
Facilities of
Aquaculture and
Fisheries of NARC has
been funded out under
the Research and
Development Component.
Also small scale fish
feed mill was
established for
production of pelleted
and non pelleted fish
feed.
Currently, a research
oriented project is
underway in which the
Fisheries Development
Board has been provided
high value fish species
(Pangasius and Tilapia)
by the Government of
Thailand as a donation.
Initially, a sum of
100,000 fish seed has
been imported and
stocked in Punjab, Sindh
and Balochistan keeping
the environmental
effects on fish. The
fish seed has been given
to private fish farmers
in consultation of
concerned Fisheries
Departments at each
province. In this
regard, services of Dr.
Naeem Narejo from
Jamshero University and
Dr. Muhammad Naeem from
BZU, Multan has been
acquired to conduct
study on these species
during the winter
season. The first phase
of this project would be
completed in March 2012.
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