Shamlan calls to set up Yemeni-Tunisian fisheries companies

SANA'A, June 23 (Saba)- Fisheries Wealth Minister Mohammed Shamlan
affirmed the importance of setting up investment companies by Yemeni
and Tunisian investors to benefit of both country.

During his meeting Sunday with a Tunisian businessmen delegation
headed by the charge de affairs of the Tunisian embassy in Sana'a
Mohammed bin Habib, Shamlan affirmed the importance of holding
meetings between the Tunisian Union for Fishing and Farming and the
Cooperative Fisheries Union in Yemen.

In the meeting, they reviewed Tunisian experiences in fields of
fishing and fisheries particularity in the supervision field.

Bin Habib pointed out that the Tunisian production of fishes reaches
annually 110,000 ton of which 25,000 ton are being exported to the
Europe joint market, briefing that the boats that work in the
Tunisian water reach 3000 boats.

On the other hand, a meeting gathered deputy of fisheries wealth
ministry and the Tunisian delegation and Yemeni businessmen dealt
with fisheries investment opportunities in Yemen and the facilities
legalized by Yemen's investment law.