An Economic Study of Producing the Fishes in Egypt and the Most Important Problems of Fish Production in the Assiut Governorate | ||||
Assiut Journal of Agricultural Sciences | ||||
Article 9, Volume 46, Issue 6, December 2015, Page 86-103 PDF (328.46 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/ajas.2015.523 | ||||
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Abstract | ||||
Fishes are considered an important source of foods for man, which is necessary to build his body, because it is an essential source of the animal protein which is necessary to keep the human safety and health. This research aims at shedding light on the fish producing energy in Egypt from its different sources and evaluating the fish consumption indication in Egypt and also shedding light on the most important problems which hinder the development of the fish wealth in Assiut Governorate. The results of the research clarify that the most important kinds that are produced in Egypt are Tilapia, Grass carp, Buri, Catfish, Perch with quantity about 1209.82 thousand ton, each kind represents about 86.66% of the average of total annual production in Egypt which reach at 1396.1 thousands ton during (2011- 2013). The consumption indication of fishes in Egypt in (2002- 2013) shows that there is a negative relation and statistic immaterial between the available of the fishes consumption and individual income, so the increase of the annual individual income with 1% leads to the decrease of the quantity of fishes consumption in Egypt with 0.29 thousand ton. This matter due to the consumption of the other alternatives of meat and chickens, while there is a positive relation and statistic immortal between of fishes consumption and population, so the increase of population with 1% leads to the increase of the quantity of fishes consumption with 3.99 thousand ton. Also, it is clarified that the most important kinds in Assiut Governorate are Tilapia, Catfish, Synodontis Schall, Perch with quantity reached at 3515.4 ton with percentage 94.25% of the total annual average in the governorate which reached at 3730 ton during (2010- 2014). | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Alasmak- province of Assiut production-economic study | ||||
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