Tehran – The Ministry of the Environment (DOE) and the Iranian Fisheries Organization (IFO) will support collaboration to maintain aquatic resources in the North and South Seas.
At a meeting held on Sunday, Doe officials Ahmad-Reza Lahijanzadeh and IFO director Hamzeh Rostampour discussed paths to protect natural habitats, including aquatic life, coral coral reefs, and restored damaged areas on the northern and southern coasts.
Authorities also awarded methods for conserving and developing mangrove forests and estuaries. The mouth of the estuary is a body of water where rivers meet the ocean. They are considered one of the important and vulnerable local ecosystems that provide feeding and spawning sites for many aquatic animals. Fresh water flows through the mouth of the estuary causes reproduction.
Another issue at the Sunday meeting focused on fishing in the Sea of Oman, including methods, criteria and conditions for issuing permits to fishing boats.
Standards are defined. A vessel with all the necessary legal documents and equipped with the necessary tools will be permitted to fish in the Sea of Oman under full supervision. However, there are no ships yet whose preparations have not yet been declared following the aforementioned conditions. The same regulations apply to fishing in the Persian Gulf, noted Rahijanzadeh.
Databank on the species of the Persian Gulf in the Oman Sea
Environment Ministry Head Sheena Ansari announced the provision of data banks for more than 5,000 creatures in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman, saying it will also serve as a regional and international platform for conserving the biodiversity of these waters.
This includes efforts such as preparing atlas for sensitive marine ecosystems and identifying habitats for unknown coral reefs, such as the Shah Alam region on the maritime border with Qatar.
Officials made their remarks on the Persian Gulf National Day, which is observed on April 29th each year. This day marks the anniversary of the capture of Ormuz (1622) and expelling the Portuguese navy in the Strait of Hormuz.
With Iran’s 4,900-kilometer coastline, the Persian Gulf and the Oman Sea are located in one of the richest marine ecosystems in the world. DOE implements a variety of measures to protect the biodiversity of marine ecosystems, including the development of data strategies and planning tools to implement scientific and data-driven decision-making.
Legal support and uncontrolled conservation measures are not successful. To strengthen regulatory and legal frameworks, the DOE has developed and issued guidelines for seawater quality standards, marine discharge regulations, dr dr, waste disposal regulations and assessment of oil contamination damage, officials added.
The DOE is implementing other programs such as coral restoration, registration of coastal wetlands under the Ramsar Convention, development of a national action plan for mangrove conservation, and monitoring the marine environment, Ansari further noted.
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