The project, located in Ras Matbakh, is a scientific centre specialized in environment research and fish breeding. The research centre, with a total plot area of around 101,000 sq m, will comprise three main units, including a marine finfish hatchery, a marine shrimp hatchery, shrimp ponds, a shrimp-brood stock pond, wet laboratories, a quarantine facility, a feed store, a formulation unit, staff and labour accommodations, a guard house, parking spaces, a seawater intake and outfall treatment plant and green areas.