Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi
inaugurated on Saturday the El-Fayrouz fish farming project in the northeastern
Port Said city among other development projects nationwide.
The Port Said project is founded over 15,886 feddans and includes two fishing lakes on an area of 9,762 feddans, Mostafa Amin Ali, the general director of the National Service Projects Authority said.
The new fish farming project has 5,908 tanks with an annual production capacity estimated at 13,000 tons.
The project includes a fish processing factory, an ice production factory, a laboratory for tests and research, a number of water plants and a network of canals and drains.
According to Presidential Spokesman Bassam Radi, the project aims at reducing the gap between production and consumption, achieving self-sufficiency, and limiting fish imports.
The project is also meant to increase fish exports to Arab and European countries, Radi said, adding that it will contribute to securing foreign currency and supporting the national economy.
It is also set to provide 10,000 direct and indirect job opportunities, he noted.
In his speech during the inauguration ceremony, El-Sisi said the project was implemented at a high cost, having met comprehensive industrial standards.
He said that many national mega-projects were implemented, including in the fields of agriculture, land reclamation and fish farming, noting that the state is developing Lake Manzala near Port Said.
Source: Al-Ahram Online
