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Rehabilitation of Fish Hatchery in Basra

By John Lee. Sar Albraa Company has won a contract with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for the "Rehabilitation of the University of Basrah Marine Science Center Fish Hatchery and Installation of Solar Power Systems- Al-Hartha Hatcheries - Basrah ," - reference 10490439/UNDP-IRQ-01926. Contract value is stated as $223,649.21. (Source: UNGM)

Insights into Iraqi Aquaculture

By Yomna Elshamy, for The Fish Site. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Insights into Iraqi aquaculture Despite the turbulent events that Iraq has witnessed over the past decades, there is still some hope for the country's tiny aquaculture sector, according to […]

Virus kills 300,000 fish in Iraq's Daquq

From Rudaw. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Virus kills 300,000 fish in Iraq's Daquq Fish farmers in Kirkuk have lost up to two billion dinars ($1.25 million) after a lethal virus killed an estimated 300,000 fish over the past two weeks. […]

Iraq Water Crisis drying up Fish Farming in Basra

From Middle East Monitor, under a Creative Commons licence. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq is in the grip of a severe water shortage which has left crop growers and food producers, such as Iraqi fish farmer, Qasem Karam, facing the […]

Kurdistan to Export Fish to Iraq and Gulf States

By John Lee. Iraqi Kurdistan's largest fish production project has started in Dohuk, and is reported to be 65-percent complete. According to a statement from the Kurdistan Region Government (KRG), the project's goal is to support domestic needs as well as sending fish products to the rest of Iraq and to Gulf countries. In the […]

Video: Climate Change Endangers Fisheries

From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Fish farming communities in Iraq are seeing a decline in their harvests for the second year. Climate change is also taking a toll on the inland fishing industry. The city's catch is down […]

Uncovering a Fish Epidemic that stunned Iraq

Test results from international laboratories confirm that the death of millions of farmed carp in Iraq in late 2018 was caused by fish disease, not pollution. The carp suffered from the Koi Herpes Virus (KHV), a lethal disease known to cause almost 100 percent mortality rates in carps. Based on these results, we can therefore […]

Water Contamination caused Death of Fish in S. Iraq

WHO and Ministry of Health investigate the massive death of fish in southern governorates of Iraq Laboratory tests conducted on water samples in the reference lab in Amman, Jordan on the cause of death of freshwater fish in the Euphrates River in Iraq have revealed the contamination of water with high content of coliforms, heavy […]

Video: Cross Breeding Helps Revive Iraq's Fish Industry

By John Lee. After years of decline, the Euphrates and Middle East Fish Farms, Iraq's largest and best designed hatcheries, were operating at less than 40% capacity due to conflict, sanctions, and production problems. In 2008, USAID's Inma Agribusiness Program began a partnership with Euphrates Fish Farm to help improve the carp fingerling production in […]