does not cite any sources . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . october 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message maldives industrial fisheries company mifco type government industry fishing industry founded november 1 1993 headquarters mal maldives head office key people adhly ismail chief executive officer ceo mr. abdulla ahmed deputy chief executive ahmed bunyamin deputy chief executive masood ahmed regional manager kooddoo fisheries complex ahmed nashid asst regional manager kaduoiygiri fish village hamid nazeem asst regional manager felivaru fisheries complex ibrahim izhan manager business development mohamed faiz chief procurement officer anwar sadath chief fish procurement and logistic office ahmed hashim deputy manager corporate ismail fauzee manager finance and accounts fathmath fainaz manager finance and accounts farzana hassan manager human resource num employees 1790 products canned tuna frozen tuna fish meal katsobushi loins revenue n a slogan our company website http www.mifco.com.mv the maldives industrial fisheries company mifco is a public company engaged in the production processing and marketing of fish and fishery products . the company was incorporated in 1993 . contents 1 history 2 pole and line fishery 3 products 3.1 canned tuna 3.2 frozen tuna 3.3 fish meal 3.4 katsuobushi 3.5 loins 3.6 frozen yellow fin tuna 4 see also 5 external links history edit a fish canning factory was set up in 1977 as a joint venture with a japanese company . however when the government took over the plant in 1982 it was unable to meet the overseas demand due to the poor condition of buildings and equipment so a new factory was opened in 1986 . in 1979 maldives nippon corporation was formed in partnership with the marubeni corporation of japan to process and can fresh tuna . in the same year the maldives fisheries corporation was formed to exploit fish wealth . the mfc later became the fisheries projects implementation department fpid which was transformed into mifco in 1993 . pole and line fishery edit the maldivian skipjack industry a 100 % pole and line process is the dominant economic fishery activity in the country . products edit canned tuna edit mifco s canned tuna is specified as premium fancy standard and local packs that include sauce tuna and caterers pack . canned products are manufactured from cooked tuna fish which is skinned headed eviscerated trimmed of all blood meat scorched and packed with a covering of oil or brine in hermetically sealed can and sterilized to achieve commercial sterility by application of heat . frozen tuna edit the fish is treated by blast or brine freezing method . the frozen species are katsuwonus pelamis skipjack and thunnus albacares yellowfin tuna . fish meal edit fishmeal a fertilizer as well as an essential ingredient in poultry and fish feed this is by product of the cannery . to reduce amount of waste exhausted from fish products fish meal is produced from the waste fish from the cannery . katsuobushi edit katsuobushi is the japanese name for a specific type of smoked dried tuna . although katsuobushi is a form of dried skipjack the product may be said to be similar to the traditional maldive fish . however the process of smoke drying which lasts for 21 days at a minimum as opposed to less than a week s drying for normal smoked skipjack means that katsuobushi is much drier therefore a better preserved product . quality of the product is maintained by using specially imported wood from japan at specific stages of smoking and by using refrigerated containers for shipping the finished product . loins edit there are two kind of loins cooked loins and frozen loins . frozen yellow fin tuna edit frozen chilled yellow fin gilled and gutted are exported individually cleaned and packed in master card board boxes with gel ice packets . see also edit industries in maldives external links edit mifco official site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title maldives industrial fisheries company & oldid 717898231 categories companies of the maldiveshidden categories articles lacking sources from october 2014all articles lacking sourcespages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 30 april 2016 at 11 24 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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