Annual Seafood Production Declines to 1.1 Million Tons

A total of 1.19 million tons of seafood were produced in Iran during the last Iranian year (March 2021-22), registering a 6.27% decline compared with the year before, according to data released by Iran Fisheries Organization.
Of the total sum, 650,748 tons were harvested from sea and 538,367 tons were farmed to register a respective decline of 9% and 3%.
Farmed sturgeon meat reached 3,927 tons, indicating a 12% rise while 9.5 tons were caught from the Caspian Sea, showing a 37% decline.
A total of 211,374 tons of warm freshwater fish and 181,905 tons of cold freshwater fish were produced in aquaculture farms, both registering a 4% decrease.