Seafood Output Expected to Rise 15% to 1.5m Tons

Seafood production is estimated to reach 1.5 million tons by the end of the current Iranian year (March 2021) to register a 15% rise compared with the previous year's output, according to the head of Iran Fisheries Organization, affiliated to Agriculture Ministry.
“Aquaculture is predicted to account for some 800,000 tons of the total sum and the remaining 700,000 tons will be harvested from the country’s water bodies. This means that for the first time, production from seafood farms will surpass our fishing yield,” Nabiollah Khounmirzaei was also quoted as saying by IRNA.
The increase in aquaculture production, he added, is because of substantial investments in recent years.