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
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