Muhammad Usman
Former Director General of Agricultural Research System, Pakisthan
Title: Title: The role of Aquaculture and Fishery Industries on the Poverty Alleviation in South Asia like Pakistan.
Biography
Biography: Muhammad Usman
Abstract
The aims of presentation consist of aquaculture, fishery and poverty were studied to find out the role of aquaculture and fishery industries on the poverty alleviation of South Asia like Pakistan. Aquaculture means the fish or shellfish farming-refers to breading, rearing and harvesting of plants and animals in all types of water environments including ponds, river, lakes and the ocean. Researcher and aquaculture producers are "farming" all kinds of freshwater and marine species of fish, shellfish, and plants. Aquaculture consists of two types. Marin Aquaculture refers to the culturing species that lives in the ocean and consist of sea ranching, surface lines, sub-surface lines, rack, sea cages, pond and hatcheries. Freshwater aquaculture is the culture of aquatic species within and dependent on fresh water environment. The objective of the aquaculture is the production of protein rich, nutritive, palatable and easily digestible human food at reasonable cost, production of sport fish, baitfish, ornamental fish, industrial fish. Research work conducted showed that showed that 85% fish productions are in sea marine and only 5% are in water growers commercially. The production of the different fish like sport, bait, ornamental, industrial, black tilapia, red tilapia, hybrid tilapia, black prawn, rid prawn are good food items and plays an important role in nutrition and health of aged people. Aquaculture provides protein rich food which are more efficient than other animals. It is concluded that improving aquaculture and fishery is the most powerful tool for absorbing millions of technical and non-technical people, increase income, create employment, the cheapest source of quality food which will consequently reduce poverty and without it life is almost impossible.
