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AN ECONOMIC STUDY OF FISH SITUATION IN EGYPT

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Agricultural Economics and Rural Development

Abstract

Fishing from natural sources or from fish farming activities constitute a major source of animal protein. Fish production in Egypt increased from about 802 thousand ton in 2002 to about 1936 thousand ton in 2018, with an increase of about 141.4%. The research problem is the existence of a fish gap. The search found that:The average fish production amounted to about 1266.9 thousand ton, increasing annually by a statistically significant amount of about 69.1 thousand ton, representing about 5.5% of the general average during that period.The year average of fish production from fish farms amounted to about 893.2 thousand ton, increasing annually by a statistically significant amount of about 72.5 thousand ton, representing about 8.1% of the general average during that period.The total number of fishing boats amounted to about 33.2 thousand boat, decreasing annually by a statistically significant amount of about 763 boat, representing about 2.3% of the general average during that period.The number of licensed fishermen reached about 38.4 thousand, decreasing annually by a statistically significant amount of about 9. Fishermen, representing about 2.5% of the general average during that period. The general average value of fuels and oils is about 46.9 million pound, increasing annually by a statistically significant amount of about 5.6 million pound, representing about 11.9% of the general annual average during thestudy period.

DOI

10.21608/sinjas.2022.144877.1109

Keywords

Fish production, fish farming, Boats, Fishermen, Egypt

Authors

First Name

Hesham

Last Name

Ouda

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Dept. Agric. Econ. and Rural Develop., Fac. Environ. Agric. Sci., Arish Univ., Egypt.

Email

h4port@gmail.com

City

Zagazig

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First Name

Marwan

Last Name

Hassan

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Dept. Family and Childhood Inst. Manag., Fac. Home Econ., Arish Univ., Egypt.

Email

maro_moustafa@hotmail.com

City

Alexandria

Orcid

-

First Name

Reyad

Last Name

Radwan

MiddleName

I.M.

Affiliation

Dept. Agric. Econ. and Rural Develop., Fac. Environ. Agric. Sci., Arish Univ., Egypt.

Email

r_radwan@aru.edu.eg

City

North Sinai

Orcid

0000-0002-0784-9205

First Name

Ragab

Last Name

Hefny

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Dept. Agric. Econ. and Rural Develop., Fac. Environ. Agric. Sci., Arish Univ., Egypt.

Email

hefny.ragab@yahoo.com

City

Giza

Orcid

0000-0002-1280-8512

Volume

11

Article Issue

5

Related Issue

36692

Issue Date

2022-10-01

Receive Date

2022-06-15

Publish Date

2022-10-01

Page Start

933

Page End

946

Print ISSN

2314-6079

Online ISSN

2682-3527

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2,342

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Publication Title

Sinai Journal of Applied Sciences

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https://sinjas.journals.ekb.eg/

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AN ECONOMIC STUDY OF FISH SITUATION IN EGYPT

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22 Jan 2023