{"id":44165,"date":"2026-05-03T06:09:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T06:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/44165\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T05:48:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T05:48:06","slug":"349-%d9%85%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%88%d9%86-%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%a7%d9%84-%d8%b9%d9%8f%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%86%d9%8a-%d8%a5%d8%ac%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%91%d9%8f-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%aa%d8%ab%d9%85%d8%a7%d8%b1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/44165\/","title":{"rendered":"Aquaculture sector in Oman growing rapidly"},"content":{"rendered":"

The aquaculture sector in Oman is witnessing rapid growth driven by expanding investments and increasing production capacity. This is in line with strategic efforts to enhance food security and diversify sources of income within the objectives of the blue economy.<\/p>\n

According to data issued by the Ministry of Agricultural, Fisheries Wealth and Water Resources<\/span><\/span><\/a>, total investments in existing aquaculture projects reached OMR 349 million by the end of 2025, reflecting growing investor confidence in the sector. New investment agreements worth more than OMR 50 million were also signed, adding production capacity exceeding 15,000 tonnes annually, with a focus on shrimp and marine fish farming.<\/p>\n

\"Investments<\/p>\n

Aquaculture production reached 9,240 tonnes by the end of 2025, including 7,970 tonnes from commercial aquaculture and 605 tonnes from integrated aquaculture.<\/p>\n

\"Investments<\/p>\n

Dr Abdulaziz Al Marzouqi, Director General of Fisheries Resources Development at the Ministry of Agricultural, Fisheries Wealth and Water Resources, said the aquaculture sector is undergoing a transformation based on expanding investment projects and improving production efficiency, strengthening its contribution to the national economy.<\/p>\n

He said the sector is witnessing diversification in production activities, including shrimp farming, marine fish farming, oyster and abalone farming, as well as seaweed and marine algae cultivation, within efforts to build an integrated production system.<\/p>\n

\"Investments<\/p>\n

Oman aims to increase aquaculture production to around 252,000 tonnes by 2030 as part of expansion plans and sustainability efforts.<\/p>\n

Dr Al Marzouqi said that thanks to growing investment the aquaculture sector is expected to become one of the key contributors to the national economy in the coming period.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Investments in aquaculture projects reached nearly OMR 350 million by the end of 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":44163,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[116],"tags":[987],"class_list":["post-44165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trade-news","tag-blue-economy-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44165"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44226,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44165\/revisions\/44226"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}