The governor of Bushehr Province, in southwest Iran, announced that over 38,000 tons of shrimp has been farmed in the province in the past Iranian calendar year (ended on March 20).

Ahmad Mohammadizadeh put the annual farmed shrimp output of the province at over 38,000 tons in the past Iranian year.

He added that over 80 percent of the province’s farmed shrimp was exported to China and Persian Gulf littoral states.

Mohammadizdeh said Bushehr account for over 60 percent of the farmed shrimp output in the country, adding that there are currently 22 active shrimp farms in the province.

Shrimp fishing and farming in Iran is largely concentrated in three southern provinces of Bushehr, Hormuzgan and Khuzestan on the Persian Gulf where many people in coastal areas rely on catch as their sole source of income.