U Tun Lwin, deputy permanent secretary of the Fisheries Department, said that as of August 14 it had provided several billion fish to fish farms in 11 regions and states. He said each fish pond received K40,000 worth of fish, and the programme had cost K180 million so far. The government aims to stock over 27,000 hectares of fish ponds in Yangon Region, over 22,000 hectares in Ayeyarwady Region and around 8000 hectares in Bago Region. There are 27 fish spawning stations under the Ministry of Agriculture Livestock and Irrigation, but much more fish are required by the programme than the stations can produce, so a public tender will be called in Yangon and Ayeyarwady Regions. The ministry estimates it will stock over 60,000 hectares of fish ponds around the country at a cost of about K6 billion by the end of September.