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EDITOR IN CHIEF- ABDULLAH BIN SALIM AL SHUEILI

4,000 jobs for citizens in fisheries sector by 2023

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Muscat: "The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries targets creating 4,000 job opportunities for Omanis in the fisheries sector by 2023. 




It also seeks to increase fish production to 100,000 tonnes and enhance its contribution to the GDP to about RO300 million, said Dr Fouad bin Jaafar al Sagwani, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries in a statement to Al Roaya newspaper.




'The Ministry also endeavors to increase fishing production to 1.3 million tonnes and attract RO200 million worth of investment that increases the contribution of fishing sector to the GDP to RO730 million', he added.




'The Ministry in cooperation with Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has completed the sustainable agriculture and rural development strategy 2040.




It also completed the Fisheries Development Strategy 2040 in cooperation with the World Bank.




The coming stage witnesses the opening of a number of ambitious projects including fish processing and canning, the vet vaccines and medicines, the agricultural marketing the food innovation complex, and the food logistic company, he furthered.




"The Sultanate has increased self-sufficiency of fish to 193 per cent, dates to 100 per cent, vegetables group to 78 per cent, fruits (excluding dates) to 32 per cent, red meat to 45 per cent, poultry to 51 per cent, table egg to 62 per cent, fresh milk to 56 per cent, he added.




"The fish production in the Sultanate in 2017 stood at 348,000 tonnes; about 193 per cent self-sufficiency.




The fish exports stood at 197,000 tonnes' worth of RO90 million. --ONA



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