Qatar has potential to be world leader in marine salt-based aquaculture

Aside from possibly producing climate-proof crops, Qatar could also potentially be a world leader in marine salt-based aquaculture if it will do more research and explore its natural water resources.

This was the assessment of Maxwell Allen Herriman, programme director of Foodplus under the Crops for the Future Research Centre (CFFRC), during an interview with the Gulf Times recently .

He said that globally, marine and coastal aquaculture grapple with the dilemma and limitations of relying largely on fish-meal and fish oil as a primary source of feed.

Banking on research, Qatar would lead in developing innovative plant-based aquaculture feed that lessens dependence on wild-caught fish, Herriman said. This, he noted, will also lessen the dependence on a small number of imported plant crops, such as soya bean and corn. “A barrier to aquaculture industry development in Qatar would have been weakened or perhaps even overcome.”

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