The Ministry of Fisheries has decided to conduct a program to sell sea cages and live grouper fingerlings to parties interested in mariculture.
The Ministry today opened the opportunity for parties interested in purchasing sea cages and live grouper fingerlings under the program to register their names.
According to the announcement published by the Ministry regarding this, it has been decided to sell 57 sea cages under this program. A cage set is sold for 100,000 Rufiyaa. This is a cage of 72 square meters in total, including 8 blocks of 3 meters in width and 3 meters in length. The Ministry also stated that under this program, the buyers must arrange for the transport of the purchased sea cages from K. Maniyafushi.
According to the announcement, grouper fingerlings are sold based on the amount produced through the grouper breeding research program conducted at the research hatchery in K. Maniyafushi. Groupers between 06 centimeters and 10 centimeters in size are sold at a rate of 15 Rufiyaa each, based on the order of expression of interest in purchasing them.
Parties wishing to purchase sea cages and grouper fingerlings can register their names via email at admin@fishagri.gov.mv. Furthermore, the Ministry stated that parties wishing to view the sea cages or grouper fingerlings before purchasing them can call the Ministry's numbers 3322242/3339251 to arrange a visit to K. Maniyafushi to view the cages and groupers.
This program is conducted to establish and develop a mariculture industry in the Maldives. The Ministry of Fisheries stated that the arrangement to provide sea cages and live grouper fingerlings to private parties is to facilitate the business of mariculture by growing groupers.
