A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
The Maldives Industrial fisheries Company, MIFCO has introduced various COVID-19 safety measures to protect the company’s employees, fishermen and the public, as the number of positive cases in the country continues to deteriorate. Following Health Emergency Operation Center (HEOC) instructions to wear a mask in all islands in the Maldives, MIFCO has distributed masks to […]
MIFCO has announced that they have suspended its delivery services amid the spread of COVID-19 in the capital city Male’. MIFCO has stated that under considering the current circumstances for the safety of its employees and customers they have suspended the delivery of fish cans. However, registered stores will be accessible to their services from […]
MIFCO and the environment ministry sign agreement to ban the use of HCFCs in refrigerants in the fisheries industry. PHOTO/ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY Maldives Industrial Fisheries Company (MIFCO) and the environment ministry on Tuesday signed a pact to phase out the use of hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFC) in the fisheries industry’s refrigerants. State environment minister Abdulla Ziyad and MIFCO’s […]
Maldives Industrial Fisheries Company (MIFCO) celebrates 24 years of service in production, processing and marketing of fish and fish products. Established in 1993, the company was relocated as a subsidiary of State Trading Organization (STO) in September 2016 by the Maldives Cabinet. One of the key manufacturers and exporters of frozen fish and fish products […]
Maldives Industrial Fisheries Company (MIFCO) last Thursday, disclosing that the mismanaged company had amassed a staggering MVR300 million debt. The High Court has ordered a private firm to pay MVR 1.1 million to Maldives Industrial Fisheries Company (MIFCO) over failing to reimburse some assets issued by the latter. The state fisheries company had released goods […]
Maldives pole and line fishermen. HONG KONG, China — Two Maldives tuna fishing companies are expanding processing capacity to cater for the popularity of the atolls’ pole-and-line caught skipjack and yellowfin tuna in old markets and new. At the recent Seafood Expo Asia in Hong Kong Ensis Fisheries and Mifco were both displaying tuna products produced […]