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The Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) said it opened the country’s first advanced marine hatchery at its marine research station in Salmiya on 1 September. The facility is designed as an integrated system covering broodstock care and egg production, live feed and larval rearing, and the nursery and acclimation of juvenile fish.

KISR said the site also includes quarantine, research and development, and systems to treat and recycle seawater. The institute’s director general said domestic sources meet about 30% of Kuwait’s fish demand; KISR aims for the hatchery to support commercial aquaculture through fingerling supply and technical knowledge transfer.