Field visit to Wafra sheds light on fish and shrimp farming
KUWAIT: The Kuwait Environment Protection Society (KEPS) considers that the continuation of the series of field visits organized by the society’s friends under the program “Environmental Spring Program for Field Training” enhances the methodology of qualifying the team which consists of Kuwaiti school students in the age group of 8 to 18.
According to Eng Maali Al-Uqab, Public Relations Officer at the KEPS, “the team members are the nucleus of cadres and national elites in the specialized teams and committees of the society, and it is keen to comprehensively qualify them through their participation in voluntary environmental work and the awareness program that includes their field work and training.”
Eng Al-Uqab explained, “Mohammed Al-Kharafi received the team from KEPS at the “Sally Fish and Shrimp Farm” in Wafra, which is an ideal model of national initiatives that supports and enhances Kuwait’s food security. This will also enhance environmental awareness, he said, praising the cooperation of Mohammad Al-Kharafi. Al-Kharafi shed light on the importance of fish farming projects in providing strategic stocks during the field visit to the Sally farm.
“They received hands-on experience on fish and shrimp farming and about the most sought-after Kuwaiti fish,” AlUqab said. She pointed out that “the Sally farm for the cultivation and breeding of fish and shrimp is an integrated farm as it has more than one activity in which waste water is reused to reduce the wastage of natural resources. The water used for fish farming is filtered and reused in the farm and what is disposed of is used as natural fertilizer in irrigating crops to produce specific crops.”
Al-Uqab noted that the visit also included a briefing of the team on the process of breeding Sea bass fish, reviewing part of the challenges facing fish stocks in our marine environment. The risks also include the depletion of some stocks of economic value due to the rise in fishing operations for a long time. The increase in amateur fishing activity and the use of unauthorized fishing methods, in addition to the degradation of the aquatic environment and the disappearance of some habitats suitable for certain species of fish and other marine life such as pearl oysters also pose challenges to the marine environment, she added.