The Maldives Industrial Fisheries Company Limited (MIFCO) has begun selling ice to fishermen in Kanduoihgiri, marking the start of operations at a new ice plant established to improve services for the fisheries sector.
According to MIFCO, the facility has the capacity to produce 25 tonnes of ice per day and was developed to address the challenges fishermen in the area have faced in accessing ice.
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Earlier this month, MIFCO also opened a dried fish processing facility in Kanduoihgiri as part of efforts to expand and strengthen its operations on the island.
The processing facility has the capacity to handle three tonnes of fish per day. In addition to receiving raw fish and producing cooked fish products, the facility will also undertake fish flake production and packaging.
MIFCO said it plans to continue expanding its operations in Kanduoihgiri, with additional facilities expected to be developed in the future.
The government is also continuing efforts to improve access to ice for fishermen by establishing ice plants in different parts of the country.
Alongside the ice plants, cold storage facilities are being developed across the Maldives. The country’s current cold storage capacity stands at 9,500 metric tonnes, with the government aiming to increase this to 25,000 metric tonnes. Construction of new cold storage facilities is currently underway on four islands as part of that initiative.
