الأحد، 29 أبريل 2012

National Aquaculture Sector Overview 05


الاستزراع السمكي في السعودية
    Saudi Aquaculture




The governing regulations:
Because aquaculture is relatively new in the country, there are not many rules and regulations governing the sector. The law regulating fishing, investment and protection of living aquatic fisheries resources has been issued by the Royal Decree (No. M/9) on 18 November 1987, entrusting the MOA, the responsibility of regulating fishing, investment and protection of living aquatic fisheries resources in Saudi Arabia. The MOA supervises the development of this sector through the Deputy Ministry of Fisheries Affairs by the General Directorate of Aquaculture Department that plays a key role in establishing general policies, planning and designing long and short-term programmes for the development of fish resources and staffing for inland and coastal aquaculture development in the country.

Applied research, education and training:
The collaboration between the government, academies, research institutions and the private sector, has helped to develop aquaculture in Saudi Arabia. Early research activities on aquaculture were done by the Fish Culture Center of the Saudi Arabian National Center for Science and Technology now King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology, a government agency tasked to promote scientific research and technology development in the Kingdom. This agency maintains a center for freshwater culture. Seeing the potential of aquaculture as a means to provide food fish for the local people, the government established research centers to hasten the development of the sector. These research centers are the Fish Farming Center in Jeddah, Fisheries Research Center in the Eastern Province and Fisheries Research Center in the Red Sea. Soon to be operational are the Fish Health and Safety Laboratories in Jeddah and Dammam. There are a number of universities that are offering courses on Fisheries and Aquaculture and the graduates from these universities find their way to work in the different research centers and the private farms around the country. 
At present, aquaculture research and training is done mainly in the Fish Farming Center (FFC) in Jeddah. The focus of research in FFC is mainly on marine fish species. Very little aquaculture research is done elsewhere in the country. Grants for scientific research studies come mainly from the government and is administered by King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology. There is no vocational training on aquaculture in technical or vocational colleges.


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