Felivaru production halted for maintenance work

The Maldives Industrial Fisheries Company (MIFCO), which operates the Felivaru Fisheries Complex (FFC), has announced the decision to temporarily halt production at the facility to carry out maintenance work.

MIFCO stated that production at Felivaru will be suspended for a period of one week starting tomorrow. According to MIFCO, production is being halted to provide necessary training to employees and to conduct maintenance work in order to maintain FFC's export certificates and the assurance required by buyers. Although production at Felivaru is halted during this period, MIFCO stated that fish purchasing will continue at Felivaru and its vessels, and ice will still be issued.

According to a reliable source who informed 'Keyolha', despite the closure of FFC, there is enough canned fish in stock to meet market demand during this period. Additionally, during this time, training sessions such as 'fire safety' and 'health safety' are planned to familiarize FFC employees with safety standards.

MIFCO states that mandatory training and maintenance work are essential to maintain the certificates required for MIFCO's audits, ensure the safety of MIFCO's production phase, and maintain the facility. Generally, production is halted for maintenance work during periods of low fishing.

As part of the company's efforts to increase production at Felivaru, work is underway to establish a 4,000-ton cold storage facility under a project to further develop FFC. MIFCO has previously stated that the work on this project is nearing completion.

Once this storage is completed and brought into operation, there will be more space to weigh fish, giving fishermen the assurance that their daily catch can be weighed without delay.