Shrimp fishing season starts in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province

RIYADH: The first catch of shrimps hit the local markets in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province on Tuesday to mark the start of the shrimp-hunting season, which begins on the first day of August each year and lasts for six months.

Amer bin Ali Al-Mutairi, director general of the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture in the region, said that the ministry was keen to preserve natural resources while working on making stocks sustainable.