BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 9. The volume of bony fish caught in the Caspian Sea in Iran has increased by 60 percent since the beginning of the current Caspian Sea fishing season in the country (October 9, 2022, to March 9, 2023), compared to the same period last Iranian year, Deputy Chairman of Iran Fisheries Organization Abbas Pour Naderi said, Trend reports citing the organization’s website.
The deputy chairman noted that Iran caught a total of 2,520 tons of bony fish in the Caspian Sea within the mentioned period.
“Of the mentioned volume, 1,205 tons were caught in Iran’s Gilan Province, 1,146 tons in Mazandaran Province and 169 tons in Golestan Province,” he added.
Pour Naderi also said that the volume of bony fish caught in Mazandaran Province for the reporting period increased by 83 percent, in Gilan Province by 38 percent, and in Golestan Province 43 percent compared to the same period last Iranian year.
According to him, there are 136,000 fishermen operating in the north and south of Iran. About 9,500 of them are engaged in fishing in the Caspian Sea in the north of the country, and the remaining 126,500 people are engaged in fishing in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman in the south of the country.
As reported, fishing in the Caspian Sea in Iran begins in early October and lasts until April 20.
Meanwhile, Iran caught a total of 9,714 tons of various bony fish in the Caspian Sea during the last fishing season (October 7, 2021, through April 20, 2022) in the country. This is a decrease of approximately 14 percent compared to the previous season. So, the figure stood at 11,061 tons in the previous season.
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