The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, through the National Fisheries Authority, will be constructing a modern, bio-secure, climate-resilient tilapia hatchery.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, through the National Fisheries Authority, will be constructing a modern, bio-secure, climate-resilient tilapia hatchery that is aimed at increasing the supply of fry by 300%, moving up to 5 million fry per year.

The new hatchery will boast a recirculating aquaculture system that will use approximately 10% less water than normal hatchery systems and will be developed at a cost of approximately $445million.

“The type of innovation and the modernisation that comes from the building of this hatchery will permit us to meet most of the demand,” said the Hon Pearnel Charles Jr, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, who was speaking at a Stakeholders’ Validation Meeting, held in St. Catherine on March 2

Noting that the hatchery is a sound investment for the country, the Agriculture and Fisheries Minister encouraged all involved in the process of construction to “make sure that it represents and reflects the excellence that we seek to achieve and that there’s an understanding that our ultimate goal must be to make sure that we build resilience and that whatever we are doing is sustainable”. 

The new hatchery will be constructed at Twickenham Park in St. Catherine and is part of Component Three of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the World Bank-funded Promoting Community-Based Climate Resilience (PCCR) in the Fisheries Sector project that is being implemented by the Ministry, through the NFA.  

The PCCR project is aimed at increasing the adoption of climate-resilient practices among targeted fishing and fish-farming communities in Jamaica.

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