Malaysia to produce 70,000 tonnes to 507,000 tonnes by 2010 of aquaponic fish

December 21, 2008 by Amaete Umanah
Filed under: Aquaponics, Backyard Aquaponics, Commercial Aquaponics 

The Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Ministry is set to increase the national fish production from the current 270,000 tonnes to 507,000 tonnes by 2010.

Minister Datuk Mustapa Mohamed said today that to achieve this, the government would hav eto increase the nation's annual aquaculture production by at least 25 per cent for the next two years to stabilise the depleting marine fish resources.

"Malaysia depends too much on the marine sources with 86 per cent compared with 14 per cent from the aquaculture industry, while other countries take up to 60 per cent from their aquaculture industry and only 40 per cent of marine fish."

He said this after launching the business prospectus and Seminar on High-Impact Projects in Aquaculture Industrial Zone here.

On another development, Mustapa said he and Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui were mulling over a proposal for fertilisers to be made a controlled item.

He said the price of fertilisers would also be reduced by 15 per cent next month as agreed by the fertiliser producers recently.

This article is courtesy of  http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news.php?id=379260

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