Egypt’s ambition of constructing the largest fish farm in the Middle East is materializing on the international coastal road in the Berket Ghalioun area in the Metoubas locality, in Kafr al-Sheikh. Egypt’s aqua-cultural production ranks seventh in the world, according to the FAO, and ranks first in Africa in fish production. In 2016, Egypt produced 1.5 million tons of fish, according to the General Authority for Fish Wealth Development. In the same year, it imported 236,000 tons of fish, worth 16 percent of total fish production. On top of this, a marine farm will produce up to 3,000 tons of fish per cycle, a shrimp farm 2,000 tons, and a freshwater fish farm will produce up to fish 2,000 tons per cycle.

Source: Egypt Independent November 17, 2017 11:03 UTC