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# *investigates*
www.iranfisheries.net/english/page.asp?pagetype=articles&nt=32&picv=no

I think it may be a typo, check the Ministry link on the left^

www.maj.ir/portal/Home/Default.aspx
(I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 12:44, archived)
# although there's a link off a google search:
www.maj.ir/english/main/default.asp
(k3b/-\b Peace man., Thu 25 Jun 2009, 12:48, archived)
# bugger! beaten to it :P
(I helped save b3ta! Fishcat Difficult difficult lemon difficult., Thu 25 Jun 2009, 12:50, archived)
# ah but at least your post contains reasonable explaination instead of
'hum look at this'
(k3b/-\b Peace man., Thu 25 Jun 2009, 12:51, archived)
# Here's the English version of the ministy's site...
www.maj.ir/English/Main/Default.asp

Farsi doesn't translate perfectly into English so you get lots of variation- Jihad/Jahad/Jehad are all used (like Moslem/Muslim or Safawid/Safavid)
(I helped save b3ta! Fishcat Difficult difficult lemon difficult., Thu 25 Jun 2009, 12:49, archived)
# Ah cool
Just seemed a bit curious to be honest, how they could incorporate a notion of 'struggle' into a scientific publication, about fish

Oh well, I shall wander off and ponder this with some lunch!
(I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 12:58, archived)
# It is a bit strange
I suppose it's part of the theocratic system giving organisations/government bodies a religious twist?

Like the word 'minister' itself originally meaning a christian authority...
(I helped save b3ta! Fishcat Difficult difficult lemon difficult., Thu 25 Jun 2009, 13:05, archived)