Eleven Participants Complete Basic Mariculture Training Under Fisheries Ministry Programme

Certificates have been awarded to 11 participants who completed a training programme aimed at building the technical Maldivian workforce needed to establish and expand a mariculture industry in the Maldives. The course was the 4th Basic Mariculture Training Course held this year under the Marine Hatchery Skills Development Programme run by the Ministry of Fisheries, Agriculture and Marine Resources. At a ceremony marking the completion of the course, the certificates were handed to the participants by Minister Ahmed Shiyam. According to information provided by the Fisheries Ministry, the 11 participants came from nine atolls of the Maldives and took part in the programme held at the K. Maniyafushi Research and Training Facility from 31 October to 12 November 2026. The ministry also revealed that the course is conducted by the Maldives Marine Research Institute under the Transform Project run by the ministry with the assistance of the World Bank.