INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TEHRAN- As announced by a provincial official, seven fish farming projects will be implemented in Hamedan province by the end of the current
Department, said that 190 billion rials (about $704,000) has been allocated to these projects which will create jobs for 22 persons.He
mentioned the most important of these projects as fish farming in cages and ornamental fish breeding and added: "Other measures are being
pursued this year, including the establishment of ornamental fish parks in the cities of Hamadan province
100 billion rials (about $370,000) of facilities has been allocated to the mechanization in the fishery sector of the province.Kaviani
Delshad further said that six idle fish farming units with the capacity of 120 tons were revived in the province during the past three
months.As stated by an official with Iran Fisheries Organization (IFO), production of 714,000 tons of fishery has been targeted for the
figure, 277,000 tons will be fishes bred in cages and 70,000 tons will be shrimps.Achieving the targeted 714,000 tons of fishery requires
infrastructure as well as credits and banking facilities, the official added.Fishery production has increased noticeably in Iran in recent
these products in the past three years; as new markets including China, South Korea, and the Eurasian Union nations opened up for Iranian
