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Seafood exports from Bushehr reach $7.7mn in Q1

reporter 1222 — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 05:30:15 +0000

Mostafa Gholipour, the head of Food and Processing Industries for Bushehr’s Agricultural Jihad, said the fisheries were exported to seven countries, namely Thailand, Hong Kong, Malaysia, UAE, Vietnam, South Korea and Kuwait.

The official added that 18 packaging and processing units for fisheries are currently active in the province to boost the exports of seafood.

Iran’s shrimp farming has been increasing during recent years as a highly profitable industry. The export of the aquatic animal is envisaged to reach 30,000 tons this year.

The country offers its shrimp in several European and Asian markets, including Vietnam, UAE, Qatar, Russia, France and the UK.

Iran’s total seafood production stood at more than 1.2 million tons in the fiscal (2017-2018), indicating a 9.9% increase compared with the year before. Around 724,817 tons of the total sum were harvested from the sea and the remaining 477,269 tons were produced in aquatic farms.

According to Hassan Salehi, the head of Iran Fisheries Organization, “Iran is the 24th biggest producer of seafood in the world.”

Some 230,000 people are employed in Iran’s seafood sector.

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About 60 tons of shrimp processed, readied for export in Chabahar

reporter 1222 — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 10:33:09 +0000

He made the remarks in an interview with IRNA on Tue. and stated, “shrimp farming site in Chabahar’s Goater port put under cultivation in the current year (started March 21, 2019) with the capacity of 130 million larvae on a land area as large as 706 ha in 50 shrimp breeding farms with 643 farming pools.”

Activation of processing workshops plays a leading and important role in generation of employment and sustainable development in the region, he said, adding, “by launching specialized aquatic animals’ laboratory in near future, giant steps will be taken in line with offering high quality services to shrimp farmers in this field.”

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Iran’s fish production at 1.2 million tons per annum

reporter 1222 — Sun, 03 Mar 2019 06:30:25 +0000

Khoun Mirzaei, who is also the director of Iran Fisheries Organization, added that some 725,000 tons of fish is obtained by hunting in the country’s northern and southern waters, while the rest is produced through raising them in fish farms.

According to the official, efforts are underway to increase production to 1.5 million tons by the end of the sixth five-year development plan (2016-21).

“Currently, there are some restrictions on fishing in coastal water resources; so, it is impossible to permit hunting that would exceed the said amount,” he said.

Khon Mirzaei said that explorations are conducted in the Indian Ocean and outside Iran’s maritime borders for hunting lanternfish.

According to him, approaches have been proposed for supporting the cultivation of sea creatures in farms and simplifying the exports of the valuable item.

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Iran, Australia share more common capacities to enhance bilateral coop.

reporter 1222 — Sun, 06 Jan 2019 13:30:43 +0000

Australian Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Iran Ian Biggs said that the two countries of Iran and Australia have a great deal of capacities and potentials for increasing bilateral cooperation.

In his visit to Hormozgan province this morning, the ambassador reiterated that this southern province enjoys high capacities for accelerating joint cooperation between Iran and Australia.

Hormozgan province can facilitate trade and business activities between the two countries of Iran and Australia considerably, he maintained.

In his visit to fish-farming fields, the ambassador said, “fish-farming industry has attained significant progress in this province. Considering the high potential of Australia in this field, fish farming paves suitable way for intensification of bilateral cooperation.”

Elsewhere in his remarks, the ambassador put the annual number of Iranian students who enroll for studying in Australian universities at 3,000.

For his part, Hormozgan Province Governor General Fereydoun Hemmati pointed to the high potentials of this province and said, “Hormozgan province is ready to establish fair interaction and cooperation with Australia in the fields of marine structures, marine food industries and also organizing joint investment conference.”

Moreover, Hormozgan province is home to diversified mines, large steel industries, two free zones, five special economic zones, largest water desalination units in the country, seven oil and gas refineries, etc., he said, adding, “more than 60 percent of country’s imports and exports is done via this province.”

Visiting trade and commercial capacities, capabilities of shipbuilding industry and free zones of this province has been cited as the main aim behind trip of the ambassador to this province.

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