Fishery Products

IRICA Spox:

Agricultural products account for over 17% export value share

TEHRAN, Jun. 02 (MNA) – Spokesman for the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) said that agricultural products accounted for more than 17 percent of total exports share value.

Iran Fishery export reaches over 4K tons

TEHRAN, Aug. 10 (MNA) – Despite facing restrictions due to coronavirus outbreak and cruel sanctions, Iran’s fishery export to foreign countries like Germany, Britain, UAE, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan has reached 4 thousand and 155 tons.

Iran exports over 23,000 tons of fish in Q1: IRICA

TEHRAN, Jul. 22 (MNA) – Spokesperson of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) said that more than 23,462 tons of different species of fish were exported from the country in the first three months of the current year.

Iran named world's top 4th largest sturgeon producer: official

TEHRAN, Jun. 30 (MNA) – Deputy Head of Iran Fisheries Organization for Aquaculture Development Affairs said that Islamic Republic of Iran was introduced as top 4th largest country in the field of producing sturgeon fish in the world.

Iran’s re-export of fishery products to EU kicks off despite US sanctions

TEHRAN, Jun. 09 (MNA) – State Veterinary Medicine Organization on Tue. revealed the re-export of fishery products to the European Union [EU].

Iran produces 1.3mn tons of fishery products in a year

TEHRAN, May 18 (MNA) – Head of Iran Fisheries Organization announced on Sunday that in the last Iranian calendar year (ended on March 20), the country could manage to produce 1.28 million tons of fishery products despite the US unfair sanctions.

FAO, Iran Fisheries Organization ink agreement on sustainable development of marine cage culture

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Iran Fisheries Organization (IFO) announced a new project that will strengthen national capacity for sustainable management and development of marine cage culture – the farming of fish inside net-cages in the marine environment.

Japanese delegation visits fishery capacities in Chabahar port

TEHRAN, Sep. 28 (MNA) – A Japanese delegation, comprised of private sector in cooperation with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), visited the fishery sector and fishing ports of Chabahar.

$580mn trade value of salmon breeding: official

TEHRAN, Sep.4 (MNA) – The deputy head of Iran Fisheries Organization announced on Wednesday that trade value of salmon breeding stands at $580 million in Iran.

Seafood exports from Bushehr reach $7.7mn in Q1

TEHRAN, Aug. 25 (MNA) – A total of 2,147 tons of different kinds of seafood worth over $7.7 million were exported from Iran’s southern Bushehr province in the first three months of the current Iranian year (March 21- June 21), a senior official said.

Deputy agri. min.:

Iran, Oman poised to boost coop. in aquaculture, fishing fields

TEHRAN, Apr. 14 (MNA) – Head of Iran Fisheries Organization Nabiollah Khoun Mirzaei said that Islamic Republic of Iran and Oman enjoy high capacities and potentials for enhancing bilateral cooperation in fishing and fishery fields.

Iran’s fish production at 1.2 million tons per annum

TEHRAN, Mar. 03 (MNA) – Currently, Iran grows and produces 1.2 million fish and shrimp per year, Nabiollah Khoun Mirzaei, a deputy minister of agriculture said on Saturday.

Shrimp exports exceed 24,000 tons in 9 months

TEHRAN, Jan. 20 (MNA) – Iran has exported over 24,000 tons of farmed shrimp since the beginning of the current fiscal year (March 21, 2018), a senior official the Ministry of Agriculture said.

Golestan exports fish food for first time

GORGAN, Dec. 29 (MNA) – Producers of fish foods in the northern province of Golestan exported the first batch of their products to the neighboring markets this week, an official at Golestan Fisheries Organization said.

Close to 2,000 tons of animal, aquatic products shipped from Chabahar

TEHRAN, Oct. 14 (MNA) – Head of Chabahar veterinary network said some 1,952 tons of animal and aquatic products have been shipped from Chabahar county, in Sistan and Baluchestan province, to foreign markets since the beginning of the current fiscal year (started on March 21).

Iran, Oman to expand economic, trade coop.

TEHRAN, Oct. 14 (MNA) – A trade delegation from Iran on Saturday visited Oman’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry and discussed means of enhancing Omani-Iranian relations in industrial, investment and economic fields.

Exports of aquatic animals at 20% growth in H1

TEHRAN, Oct. 03 (MNA) – Statistics shows that export of aquatic animals experienced a considerable 20% growth in the first half of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-Sept. 21).

Iran’s aquaculture exports on growth track

TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (MNA) – According to the latest report of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA), 134,000 tons of livestock, poultry and aquatic animals, valued at $223 million, were exported from the country in the first four months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-July 21).

Head of Iranian Fisheries Org.:

Iran’s exports of fisheries at $507mn

TEHRAN, Aug. 13 (MNA) – Head of Iranian Fisheries Organization Hassan Salehi said that more than 137,000 tons of fisheries, valued at $507 million, has been exported from the country since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year in 1397 (started March 21, 2018).

Iran Mazandaran province's caviar exports triple

TEHRAN, Aug. 08 (MNA) – An Iranian local official told the media that Iran has tripled its caviar exports in the first quarter of the current Iranian calendar year.

Sanctions to have no effect on fisheries’ production

TEHRAN, Aug. 01 (MNA) – Head of Iranian Fisheries Organization Hassan Salehi said that US new sanctions on Iran will not have any effect on the production an export of fisheries’ products.

Iran ranked 1st to 5th in farming some aquatic animals in world

TEHRAN, Jul. 10 (MNA) – Head of Iranian Fisheries Organization Hassan Salehi said that Iran is ranked first to fifth in raising some species of aquatic animals.

Iran’s West Azarbaijan province to export 35 tons lobster

TEHRAN, Jun. 11 (MNA) – Iran plans to export 35 tons of lobster, produced in its northwestern province of West Azarbaijan, to foreign countries, said the head of Fisheries and Maritime Department of the province.