Egypt: 5.4% increase in the amount of fish production in 2019

The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics announced today, Wednesday, the annual report of fish production statistics for 2019. The report indicated that the total amount of fish production reached 2.0 million tons in 2019 compared to 1.9 million tons in 2018, an increase of 5.4%, and fish farms ranked first. The first in terms of production, it amounted to 79.7%, followed by the production in lakes by 10.8%, then the production by marine water by 4.9%, fresh water by 3.8%, and finally rice fields by 0.8% and fish production by 0.8% of the total production Fisheries 1.62 million tons in 2019 compared to 1.54 million tons in 2018, an increase of 4.9% over the previous year due to the increase in the number of fish farms. In the same context, the report mentioned that fish (tilapia, mullet, sea bream, bass, Musa, Coral.) The bony group of fish is ranked first in fish production by 98.0%, followed by other species and crustaceans (shrimp, crab,..) with 0.8% each, ...