Iran Seafood Exports Exceed $520m

Iran exported 143,970 tons of seafood worth $528 million during the last Iranian year (March 2018-19), according to director general of Seafood Quality Improvement, Processing and market Promotion Department affiliated to Iran Fisheries Organization.
“Close to 43,000 tons out of the total exports pertained to cutlass fish and squids. Trout exports reached 10,000 to 11,000 tons last year,” Isa Golshahi was also quoted as saying by Mehr News Agency.
"We have been harvesting small, sardine-like fish as well as anchovy from our southern waters, which are dried or used to make fish powder. These have brought us lucrative markets in Sri Lanka, Oman, Thailand, Malaysia and other Far East countries.”