Seafood consumption per capita in Iran reached 13.3 kg in the year ending March 2021, indicating a 56% increase compared with 8.5 kg in the year President Hassan Rouhani took office, i.e., fiscal 2013-14.
According to Nabiollah Khounmirzaei, the head of Iran Fisheries Organization, the country’s overall seafood production increased by more than 38% from 885,000 tons to 1.22 million tons during the period under review.
“In the fishing sector, output grew 35% from 514,000 tons in the year ending March 2014 to 700,000 tons in the last [Iranian] year. The aquaculture output also improved by 43% from 371,000 tons to 530,000 tons during the period,” he was quoted as saying by IRNA.
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