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Mon, 06/28/2010 - 13:49
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EAD releases juveniles, fingerlings to sustain Abu Dhabi's fisheries
The Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi (EAD) and the International Fish Farming Holding Company P.J.S.C. (ASMAK), a leading aquaculture company in the UAE, have released 50,000 fingerlings and juveniles of two local fish species: Hammour (Orange Spotted Grouper) and Sobaity.
For the first time, the fish were released as part of EAD's Fish Stock Enhancement Programme, which aims to sustain the Emirate of Abu Dhabi's fisheries. The fish were released in coordination with the Tourism Development '&' Investment Company (TDIC) off the northern coast of Saadiyat Island, according to a press statement by EAD.
Weighing between 1.2-2.0 grams, the fish were released in the early morning hours by Thabit Zahran Al Abdessalaam, Director of EAD's Biodiversity Management Sector; Mohammed Al Muhairi, ASMAK's Vice Chairman; Mohammed Yasin, ASMAK's Director General and Nasser Al Shaiba, TDIC's Environmental Director.
"We have developed fisheries management plans, issued regulations to control the fishing effort and continue to regulate the conditions under which commercial fishing may occur. Despite these measures, some of our fisheries are still being overfished and that is why this release was necessary," said Thabit Zahran Al Abdessalaam, Director of EAD's Biodiversity Management Sector.
"We are working to rebuild spawning stock biomass by augmenting the natural supply of juveniles, mitigating losses due to anthropogenic effects, supplementing fisheries that may be under pressure from fishing and improving the production from already sustainable fisheries," he added.
Al Abdessalaam said that stock enhancement programmes such as this one offer possible remediation for non-fishery related impacts on fisheries, such as ecological disruption, the pressures of development on existing fishery habitats and fishing locations.
Other countries around the world have adopted similar marine stock enhancement programs such as Australia, China, Denmark, France, Iceland, Korea, Norway, Spain, Thailand, U.K., U.S.A., Japan, Iran, Canada and many island nations of Oceania. – Emirates News Agency, WAM
For the first time, the fish were released as part of EAD's Fish Stock Enhancement Programme, which aims to sustain the Emirate of Abu Dhabi's fisheries. The fish were released in coordination with the Tourism Development '&' Investment Company (TDIC) off the northern coast of Saadiyat Island, according to a press statement by EAD.
Weighing between 1.2-2.0 grams, the fish were released in the early morning hours by Thabit Zahran Al Abdessalaam, Director of EAD's Biodiversity Management Sector; Mohammed Al Muhairi, ASMAK's Vice Chairman; Mohammed Yasin, ASMAK's Director General and Nasser Al Shaiba, TDIC's Environmental Director.
"We have developed fisheries management plans, issued regulations to control the fishing effort and continue to regulate the conditions under which commercial fishing may occur. Despite these measures, some of our fisheries are still being overfished and that is why this release was necessary," said Thabit Zahran Al Abdessalaam, Director of EAD's Biodiversity Management Sector.
"We are working to rebuild spawning stock biomass by augmenting the natural supply of juveniles, mitigating losses due to anthropogenic effects, supplementing fisheries that may be under pressure from fishing and improving the production from already sustainable fisheries," he added.
Al Abdessalaam said that stock enhancement programmes such as this one offer possible remediation for non-fishery related impacts on fisheries, such as ecological disruption, the pressures of development on existing fishery habitats and fishing locations.
Other countries around the world have adopted similar marine stock enhancement programs such as Australia, China, Denmark, France, Iceland, Korea, Norway, Spain, Thailand, U.K., U.S.A., Japan, Iran, Canada and many island nations of Oceania. – Emirates News Agency, WAM
