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Iran (Islamic Republic of) is located in an area encircled with Caspian Sea in North and Persian Gulf and Oman Sea in the south. Fishery for tuna and tuna-like species is a major component in large pelagic fisheries in Iran and one of the most important activities in the Persian Gulf & Oman Sea. There are located between the longitudes of 48° 30' north to 61° 25' east. Fishing activities with its related occupations are considered as one of the main activities of coastal communities, so that based on annual statistic for 2019 around 143 thousand individuals which are directly engaged in fishing activities. Tuna catch in Iran played an important role during previous years and not only for food security and coastal community's subsistence but also carried out an effective economic role in the country fisheries activity chain. The long Iranian coastline there are arournd193 port and landing places with more than 11 thousand vessels consist of fishing boat, dhows and vessel which are engaged in fishing in the coastal and offshore waters. There are four fishing gear types which targeting large pelagic species in the IOTC area of competence, included gillnet, purse seine, long line (by traditional boats) and also some of small trolling boats in coastal fisheries. Iran has taken various actions to implement the Scientific Committee recommendations and IOTC Resolutions.
The Catch quantity of large pelagic species (including by-catch) was 275674 Mt in 2019 reported to the IOTC Secretariat. Total amount of catch mainly consist comprised of Tropical tuna with 36.2% (99965Mt), Neritic tuna45.5% (125341Mt) and billfish species with 6.4% (17678Mt), 1.3% (3528Mt) different species of shark and around 10.6% (29162Mt) other species.
