By 2030, Kazakhstan intends to launch more than a thousand fish farms

Kazakhstan

Published Dec 16, 2021

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Vice Minister of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources Akhmetzhan Primkulov at a regular meeting of the Government reported on the implementation of projects in the fisheries sector. So, according to him, the task is currently set to increase the volume of farmed fish to 270 thousand tons per year by 2030. For this, more than 1,000 new fish farms will be created. This was reported on the official website primeminister.kz.

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Kazakhstani farmers start growing new types of fish Favorable conditions for the development of fisheries gave an impetus to farmers to breed non-traditional species of fish for Kazakhstan: trout, tilapia, African catfish, which are commercially attractive due to the receipt of marketable mass in a short time. The largest projects have been implemented in the Turkestan, Aktobe and East Kazakhstan regions. As Vice Minister of Ecology Akhmetzhan Primkulov noted, the task has now been set to increase the volume of farmed fish, regardless of the type, to 270 thousand tons per year by 2030. For this, more than 1,000 new fish farms will be created. According to the ministry's operational information, since the beginning of the year, fish farmers have grown about 12 thousand tons of marketable fish, while the plan is 12.8 thousand. By the end of the year, this indicator will be met in full. In turn, the volume of fish caught increased by 3% compared to last year. “At the legislative ...

Source: Agrosektor