MME harvests first batch of farmed shrimps 17 Dec 2020 - 10:19 Shrimps farmed at the Aquatic Research Center at Ras Matbakh. Pic: Abdul Basit/ The Peninsula Sanaullah Ataullah/ The Peninsula The Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME), represented by the Fish Wealth Department, has announced to harvest first batch of 900kg vannamei shrimps farmed at its Aquatic Research Center at Ras Matbakh, marking the success of the project. Center, a nucleus of fish farming projects launched by the Ministry under National Food Security Strategy 2018-23 to support strategic stock of fish in the sea and to increase self-sufficiency of Qatar in fresh food production including fish by releasing baby fish in the sea and supplying to private fish farming facilities at subsidised prices.