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The Marine Fisheries Department (MFD) (Urdu: سررشتہ برائے سمندری ماہی گیری) is a department of the Government of Pakistan. It is part of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs (Pakistan) .
Recreational fishing in Pakistan is usually looked over by the PGFA - Pakistan Game Fish Association. There are three main types of recreational fisheries in Pakistan: billfish and tuna fishing in the EEZ of Karachi; sport fishing (pelagic) in coastal waters; and hand-line fishing (bottom fishing) in inter-tidal and shallow waters. About 1,000 ...
The Ministry of Maritime Affairs (Urdu: وزارت بحری امور), previously known as the Ministry of Ports and Shipping, is a Federal Ministry of the Government of Pakistan. The current Minister for Maritime Affairs is Qaiser Ahmed Sheikh and the current Federal Secretary for Maritime Affairs is Zafar Ali Shah.
As per Financing Agreement executed between Ministry of Finance, Government of Pakistan and European Economic Community (EEC), the Government of Sindh through promulgation of an Ordinance established Karachi Fisheries Harbour Authority in May 1984, with an aim to operate and administer the Karachi Fish Harbour with all rights of ownership.
There are 531 species of fishes in Pakistan, of these, 233 are freshwater fish. [1] The mahseer is the national fish of Pakistan. Notopterus notoperus; Notopterus chitala; Naziritor zhobensis; Triplophysa stoliczkai - found only in Deosai; Diptyichus maculatus - found only in Deosai; Ptychobarbus conirostis - found only in Deosai
Korangi Fish Harbour is located in Chashma Goth, Deh Rehri, Korangi District, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It is managed by Federal Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Government of Pakistan. The purpose for establishment of KoFHA was to exploit deep sea resources beyond provincial territorial water i.e. beyond 20 nautical miles.
Map of Pakistan, showing Port Qasim and its sister ports of Karachi and Gwadar. The Port Muhammad Bin Qasim (Urdu: محمد بن قاسم بندرگاہ Bandar-gāh Muhammad bin Qāsim), or Qasim Port Authority (Urdu: مقتدرہ قاسم بندرگاہ), also known as Port Qasim, is a deep-water seaport in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, on the coastline of the Arabian Sea under the administrative ...
According to the FAO, "...a fishery is an activity leading to harvesting of fish.It may involve capture of wild fish or raising of fish through aquaculture." It is typically defined in terms of the "people involved, species or type of fish, area of water or seabed, method of fishing, class of boats, purpose of the activities or a combination of the foregoing features".