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

Source

Nazdaher - Food Security Lab 20222

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”).