Over a year after Super Typhoon Yutu, the Northern Marianas College Cooperative Research, Extension, and Education Service finally completed the reconstruction of its Aquaculture Program facility earlier this month. <\/p>\n
Aquaculture Program leader Michael M. Ogo said the reconstruction cost them over $500,000. This does not include another $250,000 for staff salary and supplies.<\/p>\n
He said NMC-CREES\u2019 Aquaculture Program is vital in developing the economy. \u201cI wish that there are more [research & development]\u2026because it would help the CNMI\u2019s economy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Construction work on the Aquaculture Program facility started last September. Last Jan. 1, the Aquaculture Program was also awarded a grant from U.S. Department of Agriculture in support of its fourth pale rabbit fish project.<\/p>\n
Ogo said the aquaculture facility provides fish farmers in the Northern Marianas high-market potential for their produce. \u201cThe program could provide them the baby fish and they can grow it.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201c[We] would like rabbitfish to be the next aquaculture fishery commodity to grow in the Northern Marianas to be sold by [local] fish farms,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
The aquaculture facility will most likely be operated a month from now as they are still waiting for equipment needed for their research project on rabbitfish. (Chevy Kate Q. Alipio)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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