Iran annual harvest of bony fish from Caspian Sea rises: Official

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Iran annual harvest of bony fish from Caspian Sea risesOfficial A total of over 3,610 tons of bony fish were harvested inthe three northern provinces bordering the Caspian Sea since the beginning ofthe fishing season in early October, registering a 66% increase compared to thesame period last year, an official said.Noting that the province of Mazandaran has the biggest shareof the total annual fish yield followed by Gilan and Golestan, caretaker ofIran Fisheries Organization’s Department

Mar 5 202307:56

Bushehr, Iran shrimp production hub

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Bushehr, Iran’s shrimp production hub The head of Iran Fisheries Organization (IFO) HosseinHosseini said the country’s southern province of Bushehr has turned into Iran’sshrimp production hub by accounting for around 60% of the country’s totaloutput. A total of 61,000 tons of shrimp have been produced inBushehr’s fish farms since the beginning of the current Iranian year, Hosseinisaid.He added that the country annually needs 5.5 billion shrimplarvae per annum, of wh

Mar 4 202312:37

Iran launches its largest mobile fish farm in Golestan province

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Iran launches its largest mobile fish farm in Golestanprovince Iran has started the country’s largest open sea cage farmingproject on its Caspian coasts in the northeastern Golestan province. With a diameter of 30 meters, an area of more than 700square meters, and a height of six and a half meters, the mobile cage iscapable of producing over 30 tons of fish per cycle. Based on the Iranian ministry’s comprehensive plan forexpansion of fish farming, over 8,000 tons of fish will be prod

Feb 21 202319:49

Iran agricultural dairy products to capture China one-billion markets

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Iran agricultural, dairy products to capture China’s one-billion markets Iranian minister of agriculture Javad Sadatinejad said the country’s quality agricultural and dairy products will soon conquer Chinese markets amid Iran’s efforts to strengthen its presence in overseas markets. Chinese president is interested in Iranian agricultural, food, and dairy products, and such products can conquer China’s one-billion markets more than ever, Sadatinejad, who accompanied Presi

Feb 16 202311:07

Deputy minister outlines plan to expand agricultural capacities in Iran Makran Coast

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Deputy minister outlines plan to expand agriculturalcapacities in Iran Makran Coast Iran’s deputy agriculture minister said the government isseriously pursuing effective measures for the development of the southernMakran Coast, exploring investment opportunities in a wide range of sectors,including seafood and agriculture. In a meeting held via video conference in Tehran on Monday,Hossein Hosseini referred to an approved governmental plan for the developmentof the southern Makran Coast, s

Feb 7 202315:50

Iran sets roadmap to expand tilapia farming industry

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Iran's ministry of agriculture has drawn up a roadmap topromote the country’s tilapia aquaculture industry. Mohsen Mansouri, the vice-president for executive affairs,Hossein Hosseini, the head of Iran Fisheries Organization, and Mehran Fatemi,the governor of Yazd province inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) lastweek and agreed on a roadmap to expand the country’s cultured tilapiaproduction in the central Yazd province. The new project will improve Iran’s cage culture capa

Jan 17 202317:07

Iranian Fish Farming spreading out

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Number of Iran’s fish farming cages to see threefold rise byyear end Official An official with Iran Fisheries Organization said the numberof cages used across the country to farm fish through cage culture method isexpected to rise threefold by the end of the current Iranian calendar year(March 20, 2023). The number of fish farming cages in the sea will witness athreefold rise by the year-end, Mehdi Shakouri said. “30 million pieces of baby fish will be imported this yearto be farme

Jan 9 202313:52

Iran plans to launch center for conservation of aquatic resources, marine life

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Iran plans to launch center for conservation of aquaticresources, marine life A senior Iranian official said the country has plansunderway to launch a center on southern Island of Kish to preserve aquaticmarine resources in the paradise of the Persian Gulf. In a Sunday meeting with Iran’s secretary of the Free ZonesHigh Council, head of Iran’s Fisheries Organization (IFO) Hossein Hosseiniemphasized the importance of protecting and preserving marine resources andecosystems. The Irania

Jan 3 202315:31

Celebrating the National Day of Persian Gulf

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A virtual specialized scientific meeting was held at thePersian Gulf and Oman Sea Ecology Research Institute (Bandar Abbas) tocelebrate Persian Gulf National Day.According to the public relations office of the Persian Gulfand Oman Sea Ecology Research Institute - Bandar Abbas, on the occasion of thePersian Gulf National Day, a specialized scientific meeting with a speech byDr. Sharif Rouhani, Advisor and Deputy Director of Iranian Fisheries ScienceResearch Institute, Dr. Taghavi, Advisor to the

May 27 202204:03

Catching more than 13,000 tons of kilka fish in 2021

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Director General of the Fisheries and Fisheries Office ofthe Iranian Fisheries Organization said This amount of Kilka fishing shows anincrease of 8% compared to the same period of last year. Mokhtar Akhoundiadded Mazandaran's share was 63% of this amount and Gilan's was 37%.He stated that 74 fishing vessels participated in catchingKilka fish, adding that 44% of these vessels in Mazandaran province and 30% inGilan province have done the fishing work. He also mentioned that More than90% of the cau

May 23 202200:40