🎥 Continuation of activity of 22,000 fishing vessels during the war/ 12 fishermen were killed.
Hamza Rostampour, Head of the Iranian Fisheries Organization:
Despite the conditions of the war, the country's fishing fleet did not stop and more than 22,000 ships in the southern provinces and a number of ships in the north of the country continued to fish. During this period, 12 fishermen from Israel were killed while fishing and working on the docks.
In the field of fishing, during this period there was a significant increase in fishing from distant waters and extraterritorial waters. This year, also during the monsoon season, the fishermen of the country went fishing for the first time in distant waters and had a good catch, although these activities are accompanied by a lot of effort.
A number of fishing vessels, boats and barges were damaged, and docks, shrimp farms and breeding centers are among the areas damaged. In light of the fact that the damage statistics are still changing, two to three meetings were held during the last week to check the damage caused to the fishermen, and in this context priority is given to the fishing gear.
Good results were achieved in the committee to investigate fishing vessel damage and the issue of compensation for the damage is going to be examined at headquarters in the presence of the first vice president, and it is expected that this meeting will take place next week and the necessary decisions will be made.
The government's priority is to compensate the damages caused to the fishermen in the shortest possible time and to solve the problems of this group.