UAE Business: Region’s first marine Shrimp RAS farm to be ready by Q1 2023 – Gulf Digital News

UAE Business: Region’s first marine Shrimp RAS farm to be ready by Q1 2023 – Gulf Digital News

The region’s first Shrimp RAS (Recirculating Aquaculture System) farm, a high-tech venture between Prime Aquaculture and Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza) in Dubai, will produce over 1,000 MT (metric tonnes) of shrimps annually.

For this Prime Aquaculture, a subsidiary of Emirates National Aquaculture, has signed an MoU Jafza. The innovative marine shrimp farm, expected to be completed by Q1 2023, will aid in the cultivation of marine shrimp and significantly increase output in the UAE to meet the increasing demand.

The MoU was signed by Abdulla Bin Damithan, CEO and Managing Director, DP World UAE & Jafza and Imtiyaz Abdul Razak Kalsekar, Managing Director of Prime Aquaculture.

The facility will include a shrimp farm, hatchery, and primary and secondary processing units. While driving sustainable food production in the UAE, the farm is also poised to meet the objectives of the UAE’s National Food Security Strategy 2051, enabling sustainable food production by using modern technologies and solutions.

The UAE relies heavily on imports to cater to local shrimp demands, with more than 51,000 MT of shrimps being imported per year. The total local consumption of shrimps ranges between 38,000 and 40,000 MT, with pre-covid imports going up to 51,108