Iranian Agriculture Minister Javad Sadati-Nejad has announced the launch of the country\u2019s first fishery industries park, IRIB reported on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Making the announcement on the sidelines of the 6th International Fisheries Industry Exhibition (IFEX 2022), Sadati-Nejad said the country’s first fishery park was put into operation in which every year 1,000 tons of shrimp will be produced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the official, the volume of shrimp production in this park will increase to 2,000 tons by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2023).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sadati-Nejad stressed his ministry\u2019s support for the companies active in the fishery sector, saying: \u201cThe Ministry of Agriculture and Iran Fisheries Organization (IFO) support investors active in the field of fisheries and seafood production, which in addition to improving the economy, increasing exports and foreign revenues, it also brings job creation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The minister also announced the growth of the export of aquatic and fishery products, including caviar, in the current year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Iran\u2019s 6th International Fisheries Industry Exhibition was opened at the Tehran Permanent International Fairgrounds on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The exhibition is aimed to provide a platform for exchanging ideas and developing technical and economic cooperation, marketing and promoting trade and production facilities in the domestic and international arena, promoting the exports of fishery products, introducing domestic and foreign developments in the fisheries industry, strengthening and improving the distribution system and facilitating trade relations, upgrading technical knowledge in production, processing, and marketing, introducing new potentials for creating more employment opportunities in the country’s fisheries industry and also promoting seafood consumption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The event covers a variety of areas including fishing equipment, processing of fishery products, ornamental fish farming, and aquarium equipment, machinery for transporting aquatic and fishery products, aquaculture, and storage equipment, export-oriented fishery products, refrigeration facilities, aquaculture, and fish farming in cages, downstream marine industries, aquatic feed and supplements, sturgeon breeding, equipment and tools for water treatment, packaging industry, veterinary and pharmaceutical services, algae and leech breeders, electronic marketing for aquatic goods, weighing systems, as well as banks, credit institutions, and insurance companies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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