دراسة اقتصادية للإنتاج السمکي المصري (الوضع الحالي - المشاکل والحلول)

Abstract

In spite of the expansion of the Egyptian water area (13.9 million feddan) and the annual increase in the local fish production (62.1 10 3 tons), this production is not sufficient for the increasing fish demand, where the fish gap about 263.3 thousand tons in 2016 Egyptian fish production is characterized by increasing in relative importance of fish aquaculture compared with natural fisheries during the period of study (1991 -2016), which was about 18.8% in 1991and reached about 80.3% in 2016. This paper is an attempt to identify: 1-Evaluation of fish sector relative importance in agriculture national income during the period (2011)(2012)(2013)(2014)(2015), 2-Evaluation the current state of Egyptian fish production (its sources, income, fishing effort, and productivity during the period (1991-2016), 3-The evaluation of Egyptian fish gab during the period (1991-2016), 4-The priority of implementation development process in Egyptian Fish production sources (Natural resources & Fish Aquaculture), 5-Identify the most important problems in Egyptian fish production sources (Natural & Fish Aquaculture) in Egypt, and some possible applicable implementation means to achieve Egyptian fish production development from its all sources. The study concluded:(1) The economic efficiency of fish sector is higher (999.7%) than in vegetable sector and animal sector was estimated at 618.3% and 79.8% respectively during the period of study, (2)Fish production from aquaculture is more stable than fish production from natural fisheries according to the best functions of the analysis of data during the period of study (Exponential Function for aquaculture, Cubic function for seas & Quadratic Function for lakes and inland fisheries, 3 There is a priority to guide the development and investment programs to natural fisheries, in order meanly to lakes, seas, and Nile fisheries, and (4) There are many problems and obstacles facing the different sources of fish production in Egypt, fishery management must aimed to work proper program for the development of the natural fisheries and aquaculture in the same paralleled direction to achieve the balanced in fish production development from all its sources, and to decrease the annual fish gap.