EghtesadOnline: Iran exported some 68,000 tons of seafood worth $228 million during the eight months to Nov. 21, registering a 26% and 41% increase in weight and value respectively compared with the corresponding period of last year, the director general of Seafood Quality Improvement, Processing and Market Promotion Department affiliated to Iran Fisheries Organization said.

EghtesadOnline: The Department of Fishing in Bushehr has placed a ban on all fishing activities in the southern province’s waters in the Persian Gulf as of July 7 until the start of shrimp fishing season, Abbas Ahangar Moqaddam, an official with the department, has announced.

EghtesadOnline: Iran with 800 fishing vessels, ranks second in case of number of fishing vessels in the Indian Ocean after Indonesia.