BANDAR ABBAS (IRNA) – Director General of Hormozgan province Fishery Organization and representative of Agricultural Jihad Ministry Parviz Mohebbi said on Sunday that ground is prepared for scientific and technological cooperation between Tehran and Cape Town in the field of agriculture and fishery.

Mohebbi underlined that Iran by having good capacities in the sectors of food industry, processing industry, aquaculture and agriculture, heavy industry of agricultural machinery and ship-building could be appropriate partner for South African farmers and businessmen.

By having 30,000 fishermen, 22 fishing ports with 1400 kilometers littoral strip, Hormozgan province ranked first among Iran's provinces in the field of aquaculture.