The Oman Duqm Special Economic Zone (SEZAD) has signed an agreement with an alliance led by the Oman Fisheries Development Authority (FDO) to develop and operate a multifunctional fishing port in Duqm. The Oman Fishery Development Agency, a subsidiary of the Oman Investment Authority, also signed a land development agreement with Al Wusta Fishery Industries. The port is 10m deep, covers an area of 8 square kilometers, and costs 163.6 million U.S. dollars (630 million UAE dirhams). It is expected to be fully operational by the end of the first quarter of 2021. 7 square kilometers, designed to meet the basic needs of localized investment.

To date, the economic zone has attracted as much as 350.6 million U.S. dollars (135 million roy) in large investments involving fisheries and superstructures.

Chief Executive Officer of Al Wusta Fishery Industries. Dawood bin Sulaiman al-Wahaibi pointed out that the master plan of the port is being drafted, and a comprehensive concept will be formulated in the next three months for the future development of the facility, especially the entire fishery resources sector.

The management project of the fishing port outlines the structure of the project initiated by the Oman Fishery Development Agency in Muscat. He added that this included the sea bream farming project in Wilayat, Qurayat, which produced 2,721.5 tons. The first phase of the two shrimp projects in South A'Sharqiyah was 8,164.6 tons, which could be expanded to 13,607.7 tons. . .

The largest project of the Oman Fishery Development Authority is located in Barr Al-Hikman, where a fish farming unit will produce approximately 195,044.7 tons of shrimp in a 40 square meter fish farming area. Since then, more value-added projects will be established in Wilayat in Dukem.Editor/Huang Lijun