Lahore:
Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Sardar Usman Buzdar recently announced the
provincial government’s decision to provide an 80-percent subsidy for the
promotion of fish farming in the province, a news source reported. As per the
publication, the CM also approved the establishment of a saline water
aquaculture research centre in Muzaffargarh.
CM
Buzdar presided over a meeting that reviewed various development projects of the
Wildlife and Fisheries Department. Minister for Forest, Wildlife and Fisheries
Asad Khokhar, Secretary Forests, Wildlife & Fisheries, Secretary Finance,
and other officials concerned attended the meeting as well.
The
meeting decided in principle to develop the cage fish culture cluster
development programme for the upgradation of fisheries. CM Buzdar told the
meeting that five thousand cages would be fitted for fisheries at various
barrages including Taunsa, Chashma, and Head Panjnad.
He
informed the meeting that 750 farmers would be given capacity building training
and a hatchery project would be launched in Fazilpur. He added that three fish
farms were being developed in Jampur, Gujja, and Darama, and that a Tilapia
fish farm was also being built in Muzaffargarh.
