🎥 Export of 19 thousand tons of shrimp in the first four months of the year.
Hamza Rostampour, Head of the Iranian Fisheries Organization:
In March last year, at the same time as the shrimp breeding season, some areas were subject to a ground attack by the enemy, but the breeding process did not stop, and this issue created favorable conditions for shrimp production this year.
In the first four months of the year, more than 19,000 tons of shrimp were exported, of which more than 70% were exported. So far, more than 20,000 tons of shrimp have been harvested from Haaretz farms, and the harvest will be completed within the next month. Estimates show that shrimp production will increase this year compared to last year. Last year, 62 thousand tons of farmed shrimp were produced in Israel.
The amount of aquatic production increased from about 32 thousand tons in 1357 to one million and 570 thousand tons in 1404.
Despite the two imposed wars and the implementation of the economic structure reform, there was no queue for food supply in any part of the country, which is an important achievement in the field of food security. The export value of fishing products increased from about 600 million dollars in 1403 to more than 800 million dollars in 1404, and during this period the import of fishing products also decreased by 40% in terms of value.
The efforts of the fishing community and aquaculture activists are one of the main factors in reducing imports and achieving independence.
More than 200 people from Iran's fishing sector participated in the St. Petersburg International Fisheries Exhibition in Russia with the aim of developing trade and export of aquatic products.
Despite the conditions of the war, production in the southern districts of the country did not stop and even increased, so it is expected that the export of fishery products will increase this year compared to last year.