Maldives Industrial Fisheries Company (MIFCO) has revealed that they have decided to bring in an additional boat from abroad temporarily to alleviate the overload on the carrying capacity of the southern fleet.
Minister of Fisheries Dr. Hussain Rasheed Hassan stated MIFCO has decided to bring in an additional boat from abroad temporarily to help alleviate the overload on the carrying capacity of the southern fleet. The minister said that fishermen have expressed concern over having to wait in queues for fish processing and that MIFCO is working to quickly process fish in Maandhoo, Kooddoo, and Hulhumeedhoo.
Moreover, he noted that the issue can be permanently solved by increasing the freezing capacity in the southern region and that a large vessel with cold storage capacity has been added to the fleet as a temporary measure.
MIFCO controlled the fish purchases in the southern region due to the current overload on fish carrying and processing capacity, which was caused by the high number of fish being caught in the south.
