National Water Resources Plan for Egypt

Fisheries and Water Resources

NWRP Technical Report No. 6

Contents

1 – Introduction

■ The NWRP project

■ This  report

2 – Fisheries and Aquaculture Sector

■ The role of fish

■ Present production levels

■ General trends in fish production

3 – Fisheries Resources

■ Resource base 

■ Potentials and trends introduction

     ● Marine resources

     ● Northern Delta Lakes

     ● Inland lakes

     ● The Nile, its branches and canals

     ● Fish farming

     ● Fish in rice fields

■ Imports/exports

■ New opportunities

4 –Fish Production and water demands

■ Water quantity

■ Water quality

      ● General

      ● Salinity

      ● Nutrients

      ● Toxicants

      ● Other aspects

■ Summary of relations between fisheries and water resources

5 –Policy Issues in fish production in Egypt

6 – Conclusions

■   Fish production

■   Fish quality

Prep/ Ayman  Ashry

Manage/ Mona Mahmoud