BAKU, Azerbaijan, Dec. 19
By Elnur Baghishov - Trend:
In case if investment barriers are eliminated, trout breeding in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province may grow by 2,000 tons per year, Director of the East Azerbaijan Fisheries Department Ghasem Jafarvand said, Trend reports with reference to the department’s website.
Jafarvand noted that it is possible to grow 1,000 tons of trout in each of cages in two dams of the province, Hajilar Chai and Khoda Afarin dams.
The director added that with the help of investments, it is possible to grow 2,000 tons of trout in each of cages in these two dams.
In order to solve the problems facing the investors, a contract will be signed with regional water companies and an investor and fish breeding in cages will be implemented in the test mode, Jafarvand said.
The director noted that there are plans to grow 4,200 tons of trout in the East Azerbaijan province this Iranian year (March 21, 2019 - March 21, 2020).