Aquaqulture Production Shows Progress

Bandar Seri Begawan - The Minister of Industry and Primary Resources yesterday inspected the Fisheries Department facilities to monitor the progress in a project that raises tiger prawns and groupers.

Dato Paduka Hj Mohd Hamdillah Hj Abd Wahab was accompanied by the Deputy Minister, Dato Paduka Hj Mohd Hamid Hj Mohd Jaafar, the Permanent Secretary, Pg Hjh Mariana PDNSD PgHj Abd Momin and the Deputy Permanent Secretary.

The first facility visited was the Broodstock Development Centre at Serasa. Hjh Hasnah Ibrahim, the director of Fisheries, Dr George Chamberlain, technical director of the Integrated Aquaculture International (IAI) from the United States, as well as other senior officers from the fisheries department and IAI team members welcomed the delegation and took the minister around the facility.

With the project, Brunei's shrimp aquaculture industry has shown a tremendous progress with the assistance from the experts from IAI.

The project has also helped Seiwa Corporation Sdn Bhd in increasing its rostris shrimp fries production. At present, it produces about 10 to 16 million fries a month, enough for the industry's requirement and also for export.

The prawn facility was built to produce tiger prawn brood-stock that are healthy and free from diseases. The project has been running since February last year.

The visitors were briefed by the Acting Senior Fisheries Officer, Hjh Rosinah Hj Yussof as the Head of Research and Management Division of the Fisheries Department.

The briefing included progress on the production of tiger prawn families, the construction and upgrading of quarantine facilities for shrimps, establishment of the Aquatic Animal Health Centre, and the construction of nutrition facilities. -- Courtesy of The Brunei Times

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