We have occasionally read press reports about fish or other seafood being contaminated. PPD carries out stringent laboratory testing to ensure that our fish supply is free from harmful organisms or chemicals. It has the expertise and the technology to test for a wide range of hazardous materials in the fish. PPD will also prohibit any imports of seafood from sources which are affected by marine toxins or outbreaks of infectious diseases. The second source of our fish supplies is through our own production.
Experts foresee a depletion of fish stocks in the world s oceans in the next millennium.
It is, therefore, important to increase fish production through farming. Currently, we produce fish in agro-tech and floating fish farms. PPD is exploring other farming systems and technologies that can be adapted to our tropical environment. In the last few years, it has been conducting feasibility studies on the European deep netcage farming system for open sea fish farming. Although we are at an early stage of developing the deep netcage farming system, PPD sees great potential in using the system to boost our fish supply.