TITLE: IRAN: FISH DEAL WITH TUNISIA



TITLE: IRAN: FISH DEAL WITH TUNISIA

Iran and Tunisia have signed an agreement to bolster cooperation in the fishing sector. According to Al Jazeera, Tehran and Tunis will not only implement a joint project on shrimp breeding but will also exchange information and experience on fishing and aquaculture. Iran will build a shrimp culture farm in Tunisia. The two countries, with annual trade exchanges of about US$ 50 million, plan to boost economic relations, especially in the agriculture sector. Tunisia has a diverse economy whose most important sectors are agriculture, mining, energy, tourism, petroleum and manufacturing. Tunisia is ranked the most competitive economy of Africa in the 2007 edition of the Global Competitiveness Report released by the World Economic Forum. It also ranks first among Arab countries and 29th globally.

Source: Iran Daily 09-10-2007

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TITLE: WORLD: GLITNIR REPORT SAYS FARMED TUNA IS THE FUTURE

Because of depleted global stocks, the future of the tuna industry depends on aquaculture, according to a Glitnir report released on 22 August 2007. The report provides an analytical overview of tuna, the fourth-largest fisheries product in terms of international trade. Tuna farming accounted for just 0.5% of the total global supply in 2005, with Spain, Australia, Mexico and Croatia leading production. Japan, Indonesia, Korearep and Taiwan PC are the top skipjack tuna-harvesting nations, while Mexico, Taiwan PC, Philippines and Spain lead wild yellowfin tuna production. Spain leads the world in annual per-capita tuna consumption at 3.3 kilograms. The main farmed species are Atlantic, Pacific and Southern Bluefin tuna — species that command the highest prices. Global tuna stocks are more or less fully exploited, Glitnir says, and limited supplies of bluefin tuna has pushed prices to a level that consumers are barely able or willing to pay. Glitnir, based in Reykjavik, Iceland, is a leading supplier of financial services to the seafood industry. Its latest seafood industry report on tuna is the fourth in a series of seven this year.

Source: Seafood Currents 22-08-2007

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TITLE: IRAN IS THE BIGGEST FRESHWATER TROUT BREEDER

The Ministry of Agriculture Jihad says Iran is the biggest breeder of freshwater trout with an annual production of 575 tonnes of fish. Iran's Fisheries Organization aims to annually produce 760 tonnes of fish by 2009, according to Sha'ban-Ali Nezam Deputy Minister of Agriculture Jihad and Head of the Fisheries Organization. The country's fish farm standards have escalated it to the world's second. Iran's geographical situation between the Caspian Sea in the north and the Persian Gulf in the south, contributes to the fish breeding industry.

Source: Iran Fisheries press release 20-08-2007

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TITLE: MoU ON MARICULTURE SIGNED

James Greenberg, Chairman, DevCorp International and its aquaculture joint venture AquaFarms, and Dr. Michael Lai, President of National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Taiwan, signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 16th October 2007, to expand Taiwan's excellent mariculture and industrial research and technology base to developmental projects in Saudi Arabia.

A first project will bring grouper and other tropical fin fish vaccines, used to grow specific pathogen-free fingerlings, to DevCorp's mariculture projects in southern Saudi Arabia.

The designated joint venture company, FLY-Biotech, is based on research done by immunologist Dr. Huey Lang Yang, Director of the Institute of Biotechnology at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) and NCKU Distinguished Professor.

With the cooperation of an American firm, Raytheon Company, as part of an Economic Benefits program to Taiwan, DevCorp will continue to identify and implement private sector, cross border investments further commercializing Taiwan's superb expertise in specific industries where Saudi Arabia, and potentially other Middle East countries, have significant competitive advantages.

Aquaculture and Plastics will be the first two focus sectors for such investments. Taiwan has a superb technology base, but not necessarily the land mass, raw materials, or production/cost environment to maximize the value of these technologies. Saudi Arabia with its 1800 km coast line of the Red Sea, its land mass, its significant hydrocarbon and petrochemical production base, and low cost financing offers great potential for the greater utilization of these technologies and know-how in these sectors for export to international markets.

Taiwan's superb aquaculture technology base is hampered by the local marine environment. Volatile weather, insufficient useable coast line, a cold season, and increasing agriculture and industrial pollution hamper its fish farming industry. Saudi Arabia's tropical Red Sea with its pristine waters, year round growing conditions, calm seas, low cost financing, and low cost shipping to US, European, and Asian markets will allow aquaculture to expand dramatically year-round. The excellent grouper and cobia vaccines developed by the research team at NCKU will further enhance the success of such aquaculture ventures. Both Taiwan and Saudi Arabia currently import fish to feed their people.

Similarly, plastics processing depends on accessibility and pricing of feedstocks, financing, excellent infrastructure, and low cost shipping for export markets which Saudi Arabia has in abundance.

As Saudi Arabia diversifies its economy from dependence purely on oil and petrochemicals, Taiwan's manufacturing, industrial, and agricultural expertise can enhance the development of Saudi Arabia's industrial, agriculture, and mariculture sectors through joint-ventures that will marry Taiwan's knowledge skills with Saudi Arabia's extensive material and financing resources, and locational advantages vis a vis international markets.

Source or related URL: 21-10-2007

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TITLE: Eco-friendly fish farm in Oman

Oman's Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries announced a new eco-friendly fish farming and breeding project to be set up in the Batinah region, north of Muscat.

This fish-breeding (Shidood) project is designed to use marine friendly equipment to increase productivity and provide a conducive environment for fish-breeding.

The project is being financed by a private company Oman LNG to the tune of RO90,000.

Officials said the new Shidood is envisaged to provide a big boost for fish production in the Sultanate amidst a clean and diversified environment for breeding and subsequently increasing productivity.

Source or related URL: 23-07-2007

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