At the beginning of the meeting, Dr. Mahmoud Bahmani, the director of the Iranian Fisheries Science and Research Institute, referred to the approval of the meeting of the Council of deputies of the Iran Fisheries Organization and said: The establishment of the specialized working groups of the Iran Fisheries Organization and the Iranian Fisheries Science and Research Institute to further engage the two organizations is the first approval of the meeting. Dr. Bahmani added: Another approval of the meeting was the holding a one - day specialized meeting on the topic of Anzali Wetland, one of the important
fisheries ecosystems in the north of the country. The Iranian Fisheries Science and Research Institute will hold a one - day scientific lecture in the near future with the participation of universities, the Iran Fisheries Organization and the Department of Environment. The director of the Iranian Fisheries Science and Research Institute continued: The third approval concerned the reconstruction and reactivation of the Gilan research vessel after an eight - year halt. In this regard, various research and executive organizations of the country were requested to use the capacity created in the Caspian Sea Basin. So far, the institute has consulted with the Department of Environment, the Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science, the National Iranian Oil Company and the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The Iran Fisheries Organization has requested cooperation with the Iranian Fisheries Science and Research Institute in catching Kilka fish at depths over two hundred meters. He cited the management of a two - day trip with the presence
of the officials from the Iran Fisheries Organization and the Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization to visit the largest cage fish farmingcomplex belonged to the Niksa Company and the visit to the Ferdows research vessel in Hormozgan province by the Iranian Fisheries Science and Research Institute. Dr. Bahmani described the trip as a very important collaboration between science and industry. Mr. Mohebbi, the deputy director of fishing and capture fisheries of the Iran Fisheries Organization, also referred to the resistance economy project in the field of marine cage aquacultureand called for further cooperation between the Iran Fisheries Organization and the Iranian Fisheries Science and Research Institute.