Fisheries Development Oman SOAC (FDO) has officially signed an advisory contract with AquaBioTech Group to develop the country’s aquaculture and fisheries sectors.
In a strategic move to support Omani aquaculture goals, Blue Aqua Gulf - an aquaculture producer and solutions specialist - has appointed Dr Antonio Garza de Yta as chief operating officer.
In a move to boost Oman’s fisheries and aquaculture sector, the Oman-based International Fish Feed Company (IFFC) is developing a high-tech aquafeed production facility, and has partnered with…
Blue Aqua Singapore, which specialises in super-intensive shrimp farming, has secured investment from two prominent Omani companies – Bahwan Services and Trading LLC (BSTL) and Muscat Investment…
Plans to develop Oman’s first state-of-the-art aquafeed mill, a high-tech trout farm and a super-intensive shrimp farm have been revealed by Blue Aqua International today.
Singapore’s Blue Aqua International has penned a MOU with Fisheries Development Oman to deploy Blue Aqua’s shrimp farming tech across the Sultanate’s aquaculture sites.
The Natural Shrimp Company, one of the key aquaculture projects commissioned by Fisheries Development Oman, has begun its first commercial harvest at its site in Qurun, Jalan Bani Bu Hassan, South…
Oman’s fisheries ministry has signed agreements with the wholly government-owned Blue Waters LLC to begin progress on two finfish aquaculture projects worth over OR 13.4 million ($34.8 million).
OMAN - Last week, the office of the deputy vice chancellor for Postgraduate Studies & Research at SQU organised a talk on 'Marine Biotechnology: Contribution to Sustainable Economy', delivered by Dr…
OMAN - The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MoAF) has announced that its researchers have found a new type of algae species, Myrionecta rubra, a part of the phytoplankton family during a red…
OMAN - The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MoAF) in Oman has received 17 applications for commercial aquaculture projects worth RO234mn with an average production of approximately 35,000…
OMAN - Moving away from the use of antibiotics in aquaculture, the Oman Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MoAF) is developing herbal antibiotics to treat diseases in fish.
OMAN - The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) has praised Oman for closing its ports to vessels suspected of engaging in Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing in Somalia. The step…
OMAN - Using marine resources such as seaweeds, fish and microbes to develop new products for the healthcare, agriculture and other industries could hold the key to a more resilient economy in Oman,…
OMAN - Oman exported around 126,000 tonnes of fish last year and the government is determined to extend this self-sufficiency to the agriculture and livestock sectors as well, said a senior official.
OMAN - The Ministry of Housing has signed three agreements which will help boost aquaculture production in the country from 353 tonnes (2013) to 7,330 tonnes annually.
OMAN - The College of Agricultural & Marine Sciences at Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), in association with the Embassy of Netherlands in Muscat and Wageningen University & Research Centre,…
OMAN - A new $120 million shrimp and sea cucumber farm complex is to be built in Qurun, Oman as part of a joint venture between the Arabian Marine Development, Bank Sohar and Lim Shrimp Organisation.
OMAN- The Agriculture and Fisheries Development Fund (AFDF) plans to introduce an integrated system of aquaponics (agriculture and aquaculture) throughout the country.
OMAN - Oman's government plans to invest around $1.6 billion into the development of fisheries related infrastructure over the next seven years, to help double the sector's contribution to the…
OMAN - The Joint Omani-Vietnamese Committee has agreed to enhance economic cooperation, diversify traded goods and explore investment opportunities in the fishing and aquaculture sectors.
OMAN - The Oman Fisheries Co (OFC) has issued loans to the tune of RO200,000 to local fishermen to enable them to buy and repair boats, nets and engines. The loans are issued every year at the start…
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