Dr.
Ghaffari and Dr. Jorfi visited the Persian Gulf National Center for the
Production of Specific Pathogen Free (SPF) Shrimp.Mr. Yeganeh, the
head of the Persian Gulf National Center for the Production of Specific
Pathogen Free (SPF) Shrimp, described the research activities and projects
carried out at the center.A meeting was held with the presence of Dr. Dashtian
Nasab, the head of the Shrimp Research Institute of Iran, and the executors of
the projects for the production of specific pathogen free shrimp and shrimp
broodstock and the shrimp selective breeding project.At the meeting,
it was decided that the national document for selective breeding of farmed shrimp
should be drafted in a booklet and its requirements should be mentioned in
order to be able to proceed on this basis and on the other hand, based on the
document presented and existing facilities, the executive proposal for 2019-2020
should be developed. The proposal should be followed up promptly, so that the
proposal can be implemented after approval by the Iranian Fisheries Science and
Research Institute.During
the visit and meeting, Dr. Ghavampour, the executor of the shrimp selective
breeding project for the production of specific pathogen free shrimp, presented
a comprehensive description of the shrimp selective breeding project.The Persian Gulf
National Center for the Production of Specific Pathogen Free (SPF) Shrimp has
been set up in the country in order to obtain the knowledge of the production
of specific pathogen free shrimp and to establish the research pilot for the
permanent monitoring of the production of the SPF shrimp.