EghtesadOnline: In a bid to support domestic fish farmers, Chairman of Iran Fisheries Organization Hassan Salehi has sent a letter to the Ministry of Agriculture calling for a ban on imports of Tilapia for three years, ILNA reported.

EghtesadOnline: Iran imported about 6,900 tons of tilapia from China during the first half of 2017, making the country the fourth biggest importer of the fish from the East Asian country.

EghtesadOnline: Some $60 million worth of tilapia were imported into Iran in the last fiscal year that ended on March 20, 2017, the head of Iran’s Union of Seafood Reproduction, Cultivation and Exports said.