Study to assess viability of southern waters for fish farming

Workers at Barramundi Asia, which operates farms off Singapore, harvesting the fish from a sea cage. There are 110 sea-based farms in Singapore, with 108 located in the Johor Strait, and two deep-sea farms in the southern waters.
Workers at Barramundi Asia, which operates farms off Singapore, harvesting the fish from a sea cage. There are 110 sea-based farms in Singapore, with 108 located in the Johor Strait, and two deep-sea farms in the southern waters. ST PHOTO: ONG WEE JIN
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Amid initiatives to ramp up local food production, the authorities here are looking into the possibility of commercial fish farming in the waters south of the mainland.

"The study includes assessing the level of fish production that the waters can support without impacting the site conditions, and is expected to be completed by the end of this year," a spokesman for the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) told The Straits Times last week.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on March 17, 2021, with the headline Study to assess viability of southern waters for fish farming. Subscribe