IFO Official Reports Rise in Number of Caviar Farms in Iran

A total of 18.5 tons of farmed caviar and 4,600 tons of sturgeon meat were produced in Iran in the fiscal 2022-23 (ended March 20), it has been reported based on remarks by an official with Iran Fisheries Organization (IFO).

“The number of caviar farms in the country increased from 16 to 20 from the fiscal 2012-13 to fiscal 2021-22 to 195 farms in 22 provinces of Iran in the fiscal 2022-23, of which 145-150 have undertaken mass production,” Nasser Karami-Rad has also been quoted as saying. - Financial Tribune