Food Security - Fisheries -Al Jazir - Pacific white Shrimp
Sector
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources
Location
Capital Investment
53,000,000 OMR
Internal Rate of Return
22.0%
Payback Period
8 Years
Implementation Duration
0.0 Years
Description
Al Jazir is a large-scale vertically-integrated shrimp aquaculture project spread over an area covering 1650 hectares. The project is designed to produce 18,100 tons per annum of L.vannamei species. The project is Vertically integrated that consists of 2 hatchery blocks, 4 nurseries, 4 farm blocks comprising of 384 ponds, breeding center and processing plant (“The Project”).