Caviar Production Hit 18.5 Tons, Exports 5.5 Tons in FY 2022-23

EghtesadOnline: A total of 18.5 tons of farmed caviar and 4,600 tons of sturgeon meat were produced in Iran in the fiscal 2022-23 (ended March 20), according to an official of Iran Fisheries Organization.

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02 July 2023

A total of 18.5 tons of farmed caviar and 4,600 tons of sturgeon meat were produced in Iran in the fiscal 2022-23 (ended March 20), according to an official of Iran Fisheries Organization.

“The number of caviar farms in the country increased from 16 to 20 from the fiscal 2012-13 to fiscal 2021-22 to 195 farms in 22 provinces of Iran in the fiscal 2022-23, of which 145-150 have undertaken mass production,” Nasser Karami-Rad was also quoted as saying by ILNA.