Fish farming is becoming a profitable industry
5 thousand 100 tons of fish will be caught in Surkhandarya region this year and sent to consumers from natural and artificial lakes.
5 thousand 100 tons of fish will be caught in Surkhandarya region this year and sent to consumers from natural and artificial lakes.
Surkhon fish agroprom Co LLC started to operate in 2017. Construction of intensive water pools began in Orol makhalla on 6 hectares of unused area. Commercial Bank loans were used for construction of water pools on 3 hectares. Import plant with a closed water circulation system has been launched. 500 thousand whitebait were put here in the early spring. There are African catfish, carp, grass carp, silver carp in two pools and intensive lakes.
The farm employs six people. All conditions are created for their effective activity.
According to the heads of farms, fish farming cluster will be organized here and refrigerator will be built for storage of finished products. Feed production equipment will be installed, incubation shop and fish processing plant will be built. It is planned to arrange protected area for fishing and establish ecotourism. To achieve these goals, it is planned to obtain preferential loan at the amount of 6 billion UZS from a commercial bank.