The Fisheries Department is to start construction work on a fish nursery unit at Arifwala in Pakpattan spread over 12-acres for the production of fish seed from January 2017.
Deputy Director Fisheries, Rana Riasat, told APP here on Saturday that land had been acquired and about Rs 15 million would be spent on the project.
He said that the fish nursery would be completed within one year while 500,000 fish seed would be produced from this fish nursery unit. He said that the fish seed would be available for fish farmers especially local people on cheaper rates after the completion of nursery point.
Rana informed that they were producing over 400,000 fish seed every year in Multan, adding that the proper season for fish-seed is May and June. He said that they offered the fish seed to fish farmers on prescribed rates issued by the Punjab government.
