Latakia-SANA
The General Authority for Fisheries and Aquatic Biology distributed 13,000 fingerlings of common carp to 130 family farms for farmers in Hama Governorate, as part of its plan to farm fish fingerlings with the aim of developing the fisheries sector in Syria.
The Director-General of the Commission, Dr. Abdul Latif Ali, stated in a statement to SANA reporter that the total number of family farms that were farmed in Hama governorate for this year amounted to 181 small family farms with 18,000 fingerlings of common carp, including 5000 fingerlings for 51 family farms for the wounded from the Syrian Arab Army, and 130 civilians in Masyaf. This is in cooperation between the Commission, the Sawa Center for Physical Therapy in Masyaf and the University of Aleppo.
Dr. Ali pointed out that the technical committee supervising the culture of fingerlings carried out a practical statement for farmers who own watering ponds, during which they were introduced to the technical procedures to be followed during the breeding process, the method of feeding and dealing with the raised fish, and explaining the importance of dual use of water in order to achieve the optimum use of our water wealth, pointing out that the branch of The authority in the central region made periodic field tours to inspect these farms, follow up on the growth of fish in them, and ascertain the quality of food provided to them by relying on the leftovers of the house as fish feed.
For his part, Engineer Mahmoud Issa, Director of the Central Region Branch for Fisheries, said in a similar statement that in cooperation with a number of authorities, indicative scientific seminars were held within a continuous development program, where training courses were carried out for the wounded army beneficiaries of the project on raising freshwater fish in earthen ponds with the aim of raising the quota. In addition to irrigating crops with water containing fish waste, which contributes to soil fertilization and reduces production costs.
The project received great interest from farmers because of its importance and benefit to them and their families, noting the efforts of the authority to provide them with everything related to technical operations and continuous follow-up to the success of this project, according to what was confirmed by the wounded young man in his thirties, Yazan Al-Hassan, the owner of the idea he presented to the Sawa Center within the continuous support program for the wounded of the army. Then the authority adopted it within the umbrella of family farms, as he wanted to benefit his wounded brothers and share with them his experience and expertise that he gained to secure work for them and a source of livelihood that would achieve self-sufficiency for them, pointing to the importance of securing the fodder for this type of fish.
The wounded Ahmed Mansour, who, despite being paralyzed in 2015 and recovering, established, with a strong will to continue his life, his own project by taking advantage of the grant that was given to him, indicating that the course he underwent with his colleagues in fish farming was comprehensive, useful and rich in valuable information to continue the project.
The small family fish farms project aims to support small projects, supply the local market with fish production, spread the culture of fish farming among citizens, secure healthy food for the rural family with additional material income and contribute to increasing the per capita share of important and necessary fish meat.
Noureddine Younis and Rasha Raslan