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Shrimp Business

Shrimp Business

NAQUA is the world's largest integrated, single-site 100% traceable shrimp producer running a vertically integrated project in full compliance with local and international standards.

 

The Seawater Pumping Station

We rely on our own water pumps to support our shrimp farms. Our pumping capacity goes up to 150m³ of clean seawater per second. Water quality is continuously monitored and tested on a monthly basis.

 

The Grow-Out Unit

The grow-out unit comprises 80 nurseries and 77 super-intensive ponds. We also operate 18 farms with 547 open inland ponds, with the average pond size being 10 ha (semi-closed system). Our total water area spread over 4,485 ha / 65 km of coastline, while our annual grow capacity is 90.000 MT.

 

The Processing Plant

Our plant is one of the largest of its kind in the world, with a capacity that goes up to 800 MT of shrimp per day. It boasts a modern, state-of-the-art processing facility that features a highly automated process with minimum raw material handling, as well as cutting-edge technology to produce superior quality products that are as fresh, tasty and nutritious as a new catch.

NAQUA is the world's largest integrated, single-site 100% traceable shrimp producer running a vertically integrated project in full compliance with local and international standards.

 

The Seawater Pumping Station

We rely on our own water pumps to support our shrimp farms. Our pumping capacity goes up to 150m³ of clean seawater per second. Water quality is continuously monitored and tested on a monthly basis.

 

The Grow-Out Unit

The grow-out unit comprises 80 nurseries and 77 super-intensive ponds. We also operate 18 farms with 547 open inland ponds, with the average pond size being 10 ha (semi-closed system). Our total water area spread over 4,485 ha / 65 km of coastline, while our annual grow capacity is 90.000 MT.

 

The Processing Plant

Our plant is one of the largest of its kind in the world, with a capacity that goes up to 800 MT of shrimp per day. It boasts a modern, state-of-the-art processing facility that features a highly automated process with minimum raw material handling, as well as cutting-edge technology to produce superior quality products that are as fresh, tasty and nutritious as a new catch.

 

 

 

 

Fish Business

Fish Business

NAQUA has over a decade of experience in the marine finfish farming business. Our offshore cage farming operation has been globally recognized as the world's best aquaculture practice in the Barramundi category, reflecting our commitment to best local and international aquaculture standards to provide premium fish products.

 

Offshore Cages

We have an exclusive 900 km2 zone dedicated for sea-cage aquaculture. From 25 potential farms selected in Al-Laith, we currently operate 3 farms of 20 cages each, producing a total of 15,000 MT/year.

Our farms are fully automated, put under 24/7 supervision, and controlled from a feed barge. Feeds are delivered in bulk into the blowers and the feed uptake is monitored via cameras.

 

The Processing & Packaging Plant

NAQUA has a maximum harvest capacity of 15,000 MT per year. Once harvested at around 1 kg, our fish are transported into the processing and packaging plant. Our quality promise is to go from harvest to market in 24 hours while preserving our products' top quality.

NAQUA has over a decade of experience in the marine finfish farming business. Our offshore cage farming operation has been globally recognized as the world's best aquaculture practice in the Barramundi category, reflecting our commitment to best local and international aquaculture standards to provide premium fish products.

 

Offshore Cages

We have an exclusive 900 km2 zone dedicated for sea-cage aquaculture. From 25 potential farms selected in Al-Laith, we currently operate 3 farms of 20 cages each, producing a total of 15,000 MT/year.

Our farms are fully automated, put under 24/7 supervision, and controlled from a feed barge. Feeds are delivered in bulk into the blowers and the feed uptake is monitored via cameras.

 

The Processing & Packaging Plant

NAQUA has a maximum harvest capacity of 15,000 MT per year. Once harvested at around 1 kg, our fish are transported into the processing and packaging plant. Our quality promise is to go from harvest to market in 24 hours while preserving our products' top quality.

Sea Cucumber Business

Sea Cucumber Business

Growing sea cucumbers is an ecological aquaculture practice, widely adopted in the Indo-Pacific region over the past 1,000 years.

 

Today, NAQUA stands as the world's first company with a fully integrated sandfish operation, including a broodstock unit, a hatchery, grow-out facilities, and a dedicated processing, packing and freezing plant to cover the full cycle of sea cucumbers.

 

Growing sea cucumbers is an ecological aquaculture practice, widely adopted in the Indo-Pacific region over the past 1,000 years.

 

Today, NAQUA stands as the world's first company with a fully integrated sandfish operation, including a broodstock unit, a hatchery, grow-out facilities, and a dedicated processing, packing and freezing plant to cover the full cycle of sea cucumbers.

 

Feed Business

Feed Business

Our feed mill is committed to carefully handling, processing, storing and distributing aquaculture feed products according to international standards, which enables us to provide consumers with premium products that are perfectly safe for consumption.

 

Today, our scientific feed formula is a key factor in NAQUA's ongoing success. By providing a complete and balanced nutrition, it guarantees better feed conversion, increases survival rates among fish and shrimps species, and promotes faster growth to ensure optimal products' quality.

 

Our feed mill is committed to carefully handling, processing, storing and distributing aquaculture feed products according to international standards, which enables us to provide consumers with premium products that are perfectly safe for consumption.

 

Today, our scientific feed formula is a key factor in NAQUA's ongoing success. By providing a complete and balanced nutrition, it guarantees better feed conversion, increases survival rates among fish and shrimps species, and promotes faster growth to ensure optimal products' quality.