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04-07-2010, 06:48 PM
Fish Supply In The Arab Countries
Arab fisheries resources, capture and farmed, are considered very important sectors for development.
Collectively the Arab region consists of twenty-two Arab states with more than 23,000 km of shoreline and 707,000 sq km of continental shelf area. It has access to two oceans, three major seas, several gulfs, lagoons and a large expanse into the Economic Exclusive Zones (EEZ). They also have within their borders fresh and brackish natural and man-made lakes, rivers and several tributaries. In spite of this environment, fisheries production does not satisfy the demands for fish and fishery products.
In recent years, several Arab states resorted to aquaculture to increase local fish supplies. While some states made significant progress in this endeavor especially Egypt and Saudi Arabia, overall the Arab states are net importers of fish and fishery products.
The 2007 average annual per capita fish consumption as estimated by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) was less than 10 kg versus the international average of 16.7 kg.
In order to increase the average per capita consumption and to reduce imports, opportunities to boost local production is vested in expanding aquaculture projects in marine and inland waters.
Fish production
The latest FAO fisheries statistics for 2007 indicated that the Arab states produced a total of 3.1 million tonnes of fish by capture fisheries and aquaculture. Of this quantity 2.5 million tonnes (79.1 per cent of total production) were from marine and fresh water capture fisheries and 688,000 tonnes (21.9 per cent) from aquaculture.
The major fish producers are Egypt with one million tonnes, Morocco with 894,000 tonnes and Mauritania being a distant third with 202,000 tonnes. The small producers were Djibouti with only 265 tonnes, Jordan with 1,015 tonnes and Palestine with 2,702 tonnes (Table 1).
Table 1. Aquaculture and capture fish production in 2007 (tonnes).
Arab states Aquaculture Capture Total
Algeria 405 ---148,437 ---148,842
Bahrain 1 ---15,013 ---15,013
Comoros - ---16,000 ---16,000
Djibouti - ---265 ---265
Egypt 635,516 ---372,492 ---1,008,008
Iraq 15,810 ---57,779 ---73,589
Jordan 509 ---506 ---1,015
Kuwait 348 ---4,373 ---4,721
Lebanon 803 ---3,811 ---4,614
Libya 240 ---31,924 ---32,164
Mauritania - ---201,588 ---201,588
Morocco 1,636 ---892,820 ---894,456
Oman 90 ---151,744 ---151,834
Palestine - ---2,702 ---2,702
Qatar 36 ---15,190 ---15,226
Saudi Arabia 18,410 ---70,000 ---88,410
Somalia - ---30,000 ---30,000
Sudan 1,950 ---65,516 ---67,466
Syria 8,425 ---9,456 ---17,881
Tunisia 3,367 ---103,194 ---106,561
U.A.E. 570 ---87,000 ---87,570
Yemen - ---179,916 ---179,916
Total 688,116 ---2,459,725 ---3,147,841
Per cent 22.0 78.0 100
المصدر:http://www.thefishsite.com/articles/872/fish-supply-in-the-arab-states
Arab fisheries resources, capture and farmed, are considered very important sectors for development.
Collectively the Arab region consists of twenty-two Arab states with more than 23,000 km of shoreline and 707,000 sq km of continental shelf area. It has access to two oceans, three major seas, several gulfs, lagoons and a large expanse into the Economic Exclusive Zones (EEZ). They also have within their borders fresh and brackish natural and man-made lakes, rivers and several tributaries. In spite of this environment, fisheries production does not satisfy the demands for fish and fishery products.
In recent years, several Arab states resorted to aquaculture to increase local fish supplies. While some states made significant progress in this endeavor especially Egypt and Saudi Arabia, overall the Arab states are net importers of fish and fishery products.
The 2007 average annual per capita fish consumption as estimated by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) was less than 10 kg versus the international average of 16.7 kg.
In order to increase the average per capita consumption and to reduce imports, opportunities to boost local production is vested in expanding aquaculture projects in marine and inland waters.
Fish production
The latest FAO fisheries statistics for 2007 indicated that the Arab states produced a total of 3.1 million tonnes of fish by capture fisheries and aquaculture. Of this quantity 2.5 million tonnes (79.1 per cent of total production) were from marine and fresh water capture fisheries and 688,000 tonnes (21.9 per cent) from aquaculture.
The major fish producers are Egypt with one million tonnes, Morocco with 894,000 tonnes and Mauritania being a distant third with 202,000 tonnes. The small producers were Djibouti with only 265 tonnes, Jordan with 1,015 tonnes and Palestine with 2,702 tonnes (Table 1).
Table 1. Aquaculture and capture fish production in 2007 (tonnes).
Arab states Aquaculture Capture Total
Algeria 405 ---148,437 ---148,842
Bahrain 1 ---15,013 ---15,013
Comoros - ---16,000 ---16,000
Djibouti - ---265 ---265
Egypt 635,516 ---372,492 ---1,008,008
Iraq 15,810 ---57,779 ---73,589
Jordan 509 ---506 ---1,015
Kuwait 348 ---4,373 ---4,721
Lebanon 803 ---3,811 ---4,614
Libya 240 ---31,924 ---32,164
Mauritania - ---201,588 ---201,588
Morocco 1,636 ---892,820 ---894,456
Oman 90 ---151,744 ---151,834
Palestine - ---2,702 ---2,702
Qatar 36 ---15,190 ---15,226
Saudi Arabia 18,410 ---70,000 ---88,410
Somalia - ---30,000 ---30,000
Sudan 1,950 ---65,516 ---67,466
Syria 8,425 ---9,456 ---17,881
Tunisia 3,367 ---103,194 ---106,561
U.A.E. 570 ---87,000 ---87,570
Yemen - ---179,916 ---179,916
Total 688,116 ---2,459,725 ---3,147,841
Per cent 22.0 78.0 100
المصدر:http://www.thefishsite.com/articles/872/fish-supply-in-the-arab-states