Fishery exports increase 32% in 5 months on year

The value of Iran’s fishery export has risen 32 percent in
the first five months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-May 21),
compared to the same period of time in the past year.

According to Abbas Mokhtari, the director general of the
Agriculture Ministry’s Office of Quality Improvement, Processing, and Aquatic
Market Development, some 83,000 tons of fisheries and aquaculture products
worth $140 million were exported during the mentioned four months, also
registering a 32 percent rise in terms of weight.

In the first five months of this year, over 11,000 tons
shrimps worth $37.6 million, as well as 3.347 tons of tuna fish worth $2.9
million were exported, respectively registering 48% and 198% rise in terms of
value, Mokhtari explained.

According to the head of the Iran Fisheries Organization
(IFO), the country exported $600 million worth of fishery products in the
previous Iranian calendar year 1401.

Announcing a positive balance of $520 million in the
previous year, Hossein Hosseini said that there is a capacity of up to $2
billion in exports for the country's fishery industry.

It is worth mentioning that the growth and development of
Iran’s aquaculture industry has reached the point where the country has become
a model for the countries of the region and the world.

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
believes that Iran plays a responsible and central role in the fishing and
aquaculture industry in the region, and for this reason, it can be considered a
model for the countries of the region.