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TheFishSite Latest News
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Iran Shrimp Export Ban Lifted IRAN - The ban on shrimp export to the European Union was lifted through efforts by Agricultural Jihad Minister Mohammadreza Eskandari and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said Managing Director of Iran Seafood Farm and Exports Cooperatives Arsalan Qasemi,...
Monday, December 10, 2007
Iran to reinitiate EU shrimp export IRAN - Minister of Agriculture, Mohammad-Reza Eskandari, says the obstacles preventing Iran's shrimp export to EU nations have been removed.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
100,000 tons of prawn will be harvested IRAN - “Harvesting Prawn from 800 hectares of farms will be started from December 1 with a month of delay,” said Mohammad Bani Ameri, Executive of the Union of the province’s Prawn.
Friday, October 12, 2007
15 Billion Rials of facilities to the cold-water fish growers IRAN - During the first half of current year 15 Billion Rials of monetary facilities has been paid to the cold-water fish growers of the province Chahar Mahal and Bakhtiari.
Tuesday, October 09, 2007
Europe Upholds Shrimp Ban IRAN - The head of Iran’s Fisheries Organisation has said that following political problems created for Iran at the United Nations Security Council over its nuclear program, it seems that the European Union has also stopped importing shrimp from Iran....
Monday, September 24, 2007
Shrimp Export Potential High IRAN - Revenues earned from exporting shrimps are equal to those of petrochemical products.
Monday, September 17, 2007
International Artemia seminar in Tehran IRAN - International seminar of Artemia will be held in the conferences saloon of Fishery Organisation on 25 September 2007.
Monday, September 10, 2007
Aquaculture ignored in new gasoline share out IRAN - Najm Beit Chan’an, Iran's Head of Chamber of Trade of Khoramshahr, says that aquatic growers have been ignored in the gasoline apportionment applied in the beginning of Tir (July).
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Shrimp Farmers Demand Support IRAN - Experts are studying a comprehensive plan to support shrimp farmers and exporters who are canvassing for its implementation.
Support for shrimp industry IRAN - Experts are scrutinizing a comprehensive plan to support shrimp farmers and exporters as they are pushing for its implementation.
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
Shrimp Farmers in Quandary IRAN - Managing director of Aquatic Breeders Union has called for the implementation of a directive by agricultural jihad minister urging Rural Cooperative Organisations to purchase shrimps directly from farmers.
Monday, May 07, 2007
Rice-fish aqua culture improves farm income IRAN - Rice-Fish aqua culture is practised mainly to improve the income of farmers and to make an essential item available in the diet of rural people in areas where ‘rice and fish’ form the staple food. It requires very little input and provides off-season...
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
Shrimp Trade Prospects Not Bright IRAN - The new head of the State Veterinary Organization has warned that the country may be unable to export shrimp in the year to March 2009.
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Shrimp Sent Back From Europe IRAN - More than 6,000 tons of shrimp bound for EU-member states were sent back to the country due to discrepancy in export documents.
Thursday, March 08, 2007
Sea products exports earn Iran approx. $44m TEHRAN - Fish and other sea products worth around $43.822 million were exported in the first 11 months of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21, 2006), indicating an 18.6 percent increase when compared to the figure in the same period in...
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Kerman to become one of Iran’s top 10 inland fish producer provinces TEHRAN - Kerman Province, located in the southeast of Iran, will soon be among the nation’s top ten land-locked fish producer provinces, noted Deputy Agricultural Jihad Minister Sha’banali Nezami.
Monday, January 15, 2007
Mazandaran Prov. stands 1st in Iranian farm fish production IRAN - The northern province of Mazandaran accounts for 25% of the country’s farm fish production thus ranking first among Iranian provinces.
Friday, December 29, 2006
Two rare fish species on the verge of extinction IRAN - Two rare species of fish formerly abundant in Iran’s Gamasyab River, flowing from the northern part of the Zagros Mountains, west of Iran, are on the verge of extinction now.
Thursday, December 28, 2006
Sturgeon Research Institute chosen as NACA center IRAN - Iran’s International Sturgeon Research Institute has been chosen as the international center for the development of aquaculture and sturgeon in Asia-Pacific region, the Persian service of ISNA reported here on Wednesday.
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Chabahar shrimp production up 40% IRAN - This year, some 2,500 tons of shrimps have been produced in the southeastern port city of Chabahar, 700 kilometers south of provincial capital Zahedan, up 40% from last year’s figure.
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Freshwater prawn farming gains ground in northern Iran IRAN - Freshwater (Giant River) Prawn farming seems to be turning into a popular seafood business in Iran.
Thursday, November 30, 2006
Shrimp exports to Spain to resume soon IRAN - Iran will soon resume export of shrimps to Spain, director of the country’s veterinary organization stated Wednesday, adding that farm shrimps were not included in the official list of exports to that country.








