The Summer Training Officer at the Department of Fish and Marine Resources at the College of Agriculture at Basra University made a field visit for third-year students to the marine animal hatcheries of the Basra Agriculture Directorate, located in Al-Haritha District in Basra Governorate. The visitors were briefed on the mechanism of establishing hatcheries and the initial working methods for their establishment. The attendees also received a lecture on the methods of artificial reproduction of fish and other aquatic animals.