Fisheries Industry In Iran
Stanje ribarstva u Iranu
Abstract
Fisheries activities in Iran are conducted through an official agent called SHILAT, which is an affiliated body to the Ministry of Jihad-e-Sazandegi. As a post- revolution structure, the Ministry itself is structurally composed of four major divisions as: Fisheries, Livestock and Poultry, Forestry and Pastures, and Rural Industries. The official functions assigned to the Ministry center around rural and coastal developments. As it will be postulated, fisheries, inter alia, is of great significance in national economy.
Development of fisheries industry has been the focus of prime attention in the I.R. of Iran. To this end, respective development objectives have heed identified among which responsible fisheries management, as a unique concept, has increasingly been given a pivotal role. In particular, the national government, upon its Islamic teachings and international commitments has committed itself to observe such an international initiative and has strongly timed at the rehabilitation of God-given resources so as to ensure sustainability as well as accessibility of them to the future generations. Hence, my required measures are always taken to guarantee the maximum availability through either preventing over fishing or creating a balance between fishing efforts, and resource recruitments. To enlighten the readers, some of the major areas of the Iranian Fisheries success are briefly under pinned as follows: