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70m fish-seed to be provided to hatcheries

Recorder Report

Lahore: Fisheries Director General Dr. Nawaz Bhattii has said that Punjab Fisheries Department will provide over 70 million fish seed to 5,000 fish farmers this year, to meet the increasing demand of white meat in the province.

According to a handout on Monday, he said that these fish farms have been established on 16,000 acres of land with technical assistance of the Fisheries Department.

He said that six fish hatcheries were being run by the department in Lahore, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Faisalabad, Mian Chunu and Bahawalpur where fish seeds were produced by using modern artificial insemination techniques and provided to fish farmers throughout the province.

He claimed that efforts are being made to improve the seed quality.