United States Department of the Interior, J. A. Krug, Secretary 

 Fish and Wildlife Service, Albert Day, Director 



Fishery Leaflet 304 



Washington S5, D- C. May 1948 



PART I - FISH - OF im P^^SIAN AW) OI/IAN GULFS 

 PART II - miELE FISH IN Tt-IE FHIRSIAI^T GULF 



Contents 



Page 



Fish of the Persian and Oman Gulfs* 1 



Kinds of Fish and Habitat • .1 



Production. • . • . , • 4 



Fishing Methods and Equipment. • • t 5 



Drift Net or »'Daam" • # f 5 



Fish-vweir or "Moshta'' • 5 



Cage or ''Ghaf as^» • 5 



Seine Net or "Toor'^ . . • • • 5 



Hook and Line or "Ghollab*' 5 



Commercial Fishery "Enterprises. 5 



Working Conditions am.ong the Fishermen.,. 6 



Bate of Exchange • • 6 



Edible Fish in the Persian Gulf, , 6 



Kinds of Fish 7 



Methods of Fishing and Types of Gear Used 8 



Commercial Fishing Enterprises .••...••<>. 8 



■FISH OF THE PFCRSIAN AND O^m GULFS 1/ 



As indicated in Embassy's Report No. 82, dated January 24, 1946, the Iranian 

 Government has established a Bureau of Fisheries and Wildlife within the Ministry 

 of Agriculture. This Bureau is under the direction of Mr. Esmail Rostami who 

 supplied BiOst of the infomation given in this report. 



Mr, Rostami related that to date his efforts have been directed toward 



securing factual information about the fish and. wildlife of Iran preparatory to 



f ormulatirK^^ recommendations for laws and regulations; organising a program of 

 exploitation; and establishing needed laboratory facilities. Thereiore, no 



action has been taken to carry out the duties mentioned in the Ministry's an- 

 nouncement referred to in Embassy's Report No. 82 of January 24, 1946. 



Kinds of Fish and Habitat 



The fish indigenous to the Iranian side of the Persian Gulf and the Gulf 

 of Oman have been identified by Dr. H. Blegvad, a Danish zoologist. 2/ Mr. 



1/Prepared by H. G. Bolster, Agricultural Attache, American Embassy, 

 Tehran, Iran. December 31, 1947. (Report No. Ag. 52). 

 2/ Director of Biological Station, Copenhagen. 



