Shrimp Farms Expand 12% to Exceed 13,000 Hectares

Shrimps are produced on 13,607 hectares of aquafarms this year, which shows a 12% increase in area compared with last year, according to the director general of Seafood Quality Improvement, Processing and Market Promotion Department with Iran Fisheries Organization.
“The southern Bushehr Province, with a total of 6,053 hectares, is Iran’s farmed shrimp production hub, followed by Hormozgan, also in the south of the country, with 5,280 hectares,” Isa Golshahi was also quoted as saying by IRNA.
The official noted that IFO is ahead of the Sixth Five-Year Development Plan (2017-22) projections in setting up shrimp farms, which had stipulated the establishment of 13,216 hectares of such facilities by the end of the plan.