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Economic Efficiency of Marine Fish Farms in Egypt

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Abstract

Fish farming has a key role in bridging the fish food gap and it has been shown that the percentage of Fish self-sufficiency reached 86.63% in 2016. It contributes about 80% of the total fish production in Egypt. The fish production from aquaculture was estimated at 1.370 million tons in 2016. But marine fish farming accounted for only about 5% of the total fish farming in Egypt. Fish production from marine fish farming was estimated at 67 424 000 tons of marine fish. This study aimed to measure the economic efficiency of marine fish farms, estimation of fish production growth rates and statistical estimation of producing countries. The most important results included the decrease in fish production from capture fisheries and especially marine fish production. The production of marine fish farms accounts for about 5% of the total fish farming. This study showed that the most important factors affecting the production of marine fish are the number of seeds used, the amount of food provided and also the years of experience. As it turns out that the technical efficiency amounted to 0.960. 0.962. 0.954 and the economic efficiency was 0.390. 0.394. 0.715 in the three categories respectively. The study recommended the establishment of marine fish hatcheries in Egypt. It needed to activate the role of the extension sector in information orientation for farmers. The study recommended the need to incorporate new varieties in the process of cultures such as snake fish and grouper.

DOI

10.21608/jsas.2018.3629.1066

Keywords

economic efficiency, Data envelopment analysis, Marine fish culture. Scale efficiency, Production functions, Technical efficiency

Authors

First Name

Fathia

Last Name

Salem

MiddleName

Radwan

Affiliation

Agricultural Economics Dept., Fac. of Agriculture, Kafrelsheikh University

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First Name

Mahmoud

Last Name

Fawaz

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M.

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Agricultural Economics Dept., Fac. of Agriculture, Kafrelsheikh University

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First Name

Roshdy

Last Name

El-Adawy

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S.

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Agricultural Economics Dept., Fac. of Agriculture, Kafrelsheikh University

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First Name

Elsayed

Last Name

Nawaya

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Abd Rabo

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Agricultural Economics Dept., Fac. of Agriculture, Kafrelsheikh University

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elsayedn1440@gmail.com

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Volume

44

Article Issue

2

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2175

Issue Date

2018-06-01

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2018-04-22

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2018-06-01

Page Start

43

Page End

50

Print ISSN

2536-9571

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2536-958X

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https://jsas.journals.ekb.eg/article_8439.html

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364

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Journal of Sustainable Agricultural Sciences

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https://jsas.journals.ekb.eg/

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Economic Efficiency of Marine Fish Farms in Egypt

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22 Jan 2023