Abu Dhabi: The Abu Dhabi government’s plan to encourage the setting up of aquaculture farms will ensure an abundant supply of five species of fish that are most in demand in the UAE.
Hammour (orange-spotted grouper), Cobia, goldlined seabream (Qabit), Yellow Fin Tuna and Abalone are in high demand in the market but their stocks have been dwindling due to overfishing.
These five species have been identified for farmers in the initial stage of the aquaculture development plan being formulated by the Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi (EAD) in collaboration with other government bodies, farmers, non-government organisations (NGOs) and researchers…
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