Three-year report: 49 fish farms established in five districts

PESHAWAR: Around 49 fish farms were established in Peshawar, Nowshera, Charsadda, Swabi and Lower Dir in the last three years. This was stated in a three-year progress report of the fisheries department.

According to the report, not only were farms set up but training was also provided to more than 100 farmers to strengthen their professional capacity on the methods and techniques of breeding and rearing of fishes.

Moreover, five trout hatcheries were repaired and made functional whereas more than a million trout eggs were imported. These eggs were left for hatching in cold water canals of Kaghan, Swat, Chitral, Upper Dir and Shangla. These eggs were also provided to the private sector fisheries.

The fisheries department has also started the repair and expansion of three carp hatcheries to increase the production of fish in the province.

In the Annual Development Programme for the year 2014-15, Rs172.534 million were allocated for six projects which includes the construction of a carp hatchery over 175 kanals in Swabi district.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 11^th, 2016.