Japanese Experts Help Aquaculture Project In Cuba

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Japanese Experts Help Aquaculture Project In Cuba

CUBA and JAPAN - Japanese experts are providing advice for an
aquaculture development project in the town of Santa Cruz del Sur in the
central province of Camaguey.

CubaHeadlines reports that Sakaki Masanosuke, an official of the Rural
Development Department of the Japanese International Cooperation Agency,
told Prensa Latina it is a five-year programme that will last until May
2013.

The project is aimed at joint research with Cuban technicians for the
intensive development of two fish of great commercial and gastronomic
value, the red snapper and the sea bass.

Masanosuke said that though the project is mainly for research purposes,
the two fish are now being produced in ponds in Santa Cruz, where the
project is housed in a laboratory originally used for intensive shrimp
breeding.

Japanese experts are also providing technical advice for a programme on
genetically modify rice seeds to be planted by Cuban farmers, covering
Cuba's five central provinces of Cienfuegos, Villa Clara, Sancti
Spiritus, Ciego de Avila and Camaguey.

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