A report by the Regional Commission for Fisheries (RECOFI) — part of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation — described the fish as an “over-exploited stock” and said around 3,072 tonnes ...

The name ‘Hamour’ is used to describe a number of fish, including the brown-spotted reef cod. Yet, it is also the name given to a variety of closely related fish species in the Persian Gulf; and the ...

In a region with access to the world’s finest seafood, flown in daily, plated artfully and priced accordingly, it’s telling that one fish continues to hold court here. Hamour, the Gulf’s prized ...

A new Ministry of Environment and Water report is calling for a fishing ban on all hamour (Thorny-Cheek Grouper) smaller than 43 centimetres in length to allow smaller fish to reach breeding age, ...

Doha: The Ministry of Municipality and Environment represented by Fisheries Resources Department has released 20,000 small Hamour fish in the Qatari marine waters. The said quantity is the first batch ...

DOHA: With the onset of the peak summer season, hamour, the fish which is extremely popular with citizens, is in short supply, triggering a price rise. Fishermen fear the authorities may curb or ...

Unsustainable and irresponsible fishing is taking its toll as fish stocks are plummeting. To deal with the imminent crisis and to boost fisheries, Dubai Customs released 3,000 to 4,000 hamour and ...

The Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME)'s designated team in the Fisheries Department has released 4,300 baby hamour fish weighing 15gm each in the Qatari waters. The fish are produced at ...

The sultanate''s first high-tech aquaculture farm, KAT-Aqua has got a capital injection with Al Hosn Investment Company (HIC) recently acquiring a 15 per cent stake in the fish farming project. The ...

The new central fish market at Umm Salal will open its doors to customers on Sunday evening , following the shuttering of the years-old fish market in Abu Hamour by noon that day. The last auction of ...

The Fish Market at Umm Slal Central Market has seen considerable drop in the amounts of fish on display there, due to the shortage in supply because of the strong winds and the difficulty of fishermen ...