The Director General of the Fish Resources Department at the Saudi Ministry of Agriculture, Mohammed Al-Sahly, said that local fish production hit 51,000 tons in 1999, of which 5,600 tons were produced by local fish breeding farms, reported Al-Hayat . Presently, there are 149 fish breeding farms in the Kingdom. New fish raising farm permits were recently issued to produce another 47,000 tons of fish. — (menareport.com)
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