RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s sustainable tourism developer will begin test production on its planned aquaculture project by the second quarter of this year, a senior official told Arab News.
The Red Sea Development Co., known as TRSDC, will try “a number of fish species,” Ventures Director Michael Slage said, but the focus will be to farm native species that are difficult to farm using traditional methods.
The move builds on an earlier partnership with Austrian biotechnology firm Blue Planet Ecosystems, but the project was delayed due to COVID-19.
TRSDC earlier expressed its plans to promote sustainable practices in all of its operations, including producing sustainable food for the millions of tourists it expects to visit the destination once open.
Slage said they intend to maintain the highest standards in seafood farming, including avoiding the use of pesticides and antibiotics.