The Public Works Authority ‘Ashghal’ announces completion of the construction works of Aquatic Fisheries and Research Centre in Ras Matbakh.
Engineer Abdul Hakim Ahmed Al-Hashemi, Head of Public Projects Section, Buildings Project Management Department-Ashghal, confirmed that project was built according to the highest standards of construction quality and design, as well as the country standard specifications and green building system pursued by Ashghal since 2010.
He added: “the facility, located in Raas Al Matbakh, has an anticipated value of approximately 237.7 million QR, and it is a scientific institution specialized in marine environmental research and studies and fish farming, to help monitor and protect marine ecosystems, develop and increase local fish production, support biodiversity and train national human force on using modern technologies in aquaculture”.
It is expected that the production capacity of the fish hatchery unit will reach 2.4 million larvae through four seasons of hatchery per year. The production capacity of the shrimp hatchery unit is expected to reach 2 million larvae through four hatchery seasons per year and the final production of shrimp 6 tonnes per year per season.
Eng. Abdul Hakim Al-Hashemi clarified that the research centre project is made up of 3 main units; a marine finfish hatchery, a marine shrimp hatchery, and various buildings specified for scientific and administrative laboratories, in addition to services and a supplement buildings.
The fish and shrimp farming unit includes a number of sub-units and facilities, including a water pumping station, a marine fish hatchery, incubation units, fattening fish, a fish pond processing unit and 6 different laboratories.
The administrative office building contains two floors, including 28 administrative offices, two meeting rooms, a lecture hall. The unit also includes a library, a prayer room, cafeteria and a number of other offices.
The centre also includes a number of buildings and other related services such as generating rooms and electricity control, as well as buildings for feed stores, maintenance workshops, workers' dormitories, alternate staff accommodation, shaded boats, marine boats parking, parking areas and landscapes.
The project aims to establish a national centre specialized in marine applied aquatic studies and researches, and equipped with the latest equipment and techniques to benefit all the scientific institutions concerned with the marine environment. The centre can carry out researches and studies that require testing the living marine organisms, and to report fish and crustaceans that are most economically feasible in Qatar’s environmental and climate conditions.