Wasit – acutely aware
The Directorate of Agriculture in Wasit Governorate introduced right this moment, Friday, that fish manufacturing within the governorate has reached (13) thousand tons yearly.
Deputy Director of Fisheries Sources within the Wasit Agriculture Directorate, Adnan Hussein, stated in a particular assertion to the (INA), that “fish manufacturing within the governorate reached (13) thousand tons yearly, and that Wasit Governorate owns (198) clay fish ponds and (63) A pool of floating cages, in addition to three closed fish farming tasks, along with the water our bodies represented by the Tigris River and the Dalmaj Marsh.”
He added, “The governorate has achieved self-sufficiency and exports all types of fish to the Iraqi governorates,” noting that “Wasit Governorate is ranked first among the many governorates in fish manufacturing and is distinguished by the presence of several types of fish, together with Caribbean, carp, and brown.”
For his half, agricultural engineer Haider Hussein Ibrahim indicated that “the Fisheries Division of the Wasit Agriculture Directorate opened the related departments, together with the Wasit Police Command, with a purpose to forestall overfishing operations,” noting that “the Fisheries Division coordinated with the related departments with a purpose to forestall Throwing waste into the Tigris Basin to protect fish wealth.”
It’s noteworthy that Wasit Governorate is without doubt one of the most efficient governorates for fish wealth because of the multiplicity of various species it produces, which locations it on the forefront of fish producing governorates.