Egypt's Fish Production Increases by 1.7% in 2021: CAPMAS

Central Agency for Public Mobilization.and0Statistics (CAPMAS) issued Wednesday an Annual Bulletin of fish production Statistics for 2021.

The most important indicators are as follows:

-Total fish Production reached 2.0 million tons in 2021, compared to 2.01 million tons in 2020 a decrease of 0.43%, and the amount of fish production in natural fisheries (marine water, lakes and freshwater) reached 425.8 thousand tons in 2021 compared to 418.6 thousand tons in 2020, an increase by 1.7%.

Fish farms ranked first in terms of production, with a rate of 78.4%, followed by production in lakes by 12.8%, marine production by 4.8%, fresh water by 3.7%, and finally rice fields by 0.3% of the total of fish production.