Fisheries

Fishing in Red Sea to be suspended until Oct. 4th per fisheries decision

Tue, 02 May 2023 - 10:59 GMT

The suspension of fishing with the chanchola system, is scheduled to start Tuesday and to last until next October 4.

Egypt's Law for Protection of Lakes sets controls on fishing boats

Tue, 27 Dec 2022 - 12:10 GMT

The legislation included controls and requirements for fishing places, driving the boat, and it included the establishment of an agency for the protection and development of lakes and fish wealth that undertakes the development of general policy, exploitation and development of lakes to protect fish wealth.

Discussed: Egypt seeks to achieve food security, increase fish production

Wed, 14 Sep 2022 - 07:39 GMT

The Egyptian state seeks to increase production, achieve food security, and increase the strategic stock of strategic goods, said Engineer Abdel Moneim Khalil, the head of the Internal Trade Sector at the Ministry of Supply.

Fishing at Egypt's Lake Nasser to resume in May after rehabilitation break

Mon, 09 May 2022 - 10:39 GMT

The lake spans over 1.25 million feddans, and has shores extending on a total of 7,000 kilometers.

Egypt plans to release 47M fish seeds in Nile River, lakes by mid-2022

Sun, 24 Apr 2022 - 11:50 GMT

The General Authority for Fish Resources Development announced Saturday that the number of fish seeds planned to get introduced in the Nile River and lakes for FY2021/2022 is 47 million.

Egypt's fish production grows by 40% in 4 years

Tue, 15 Feb 2022 - 01:11 GMT

Head of Fisheries Affairs at the General Authority for Fish Resources Development Atef Megahed stated the figure in a phone-in Tuesday.

Eurasian Economic Union accredits 12 more Egyptian fisheries as exporters

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 - 04:05 GMT

The union comprises Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan.

Egyptian official details why Egypt ranks 6th globally in fish production

Sun, 06 Feb 2022 - 02:15 GMT

The official highlighted that the country does not rely on wild fishing solely.

Overview of public investments worth LE700 billion in Sinai

Thu, 20 Jan 2022 - 07:16 GMT

The number of projects implemented there is 438.

President Sisi instructs substituting existing cattle in Egypt with highly productive ones

Tue, 28 Dec 2021 - 03:49 GMT

On his side, Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Al Sayed al-Qusair added that the ministry works on improving the heredity of cattle in Egypt.

3 new initiatives launched within Egypt's 'Safe Shore' targeted at fishermen

Wed, 25 Aug 2021 - 12:39 GMT

The second phase of 'Safe Shore' has already begun.

Egyptian minister details aspects of agricultural cooperation with South Sudan

Tue, 27 Jul 2021 - 01:05 GMT

Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Al sayed al-Qusair received Tuesday the South Sudanese minister of animal resources and fisheries to discuss joint cooperation.

Egypt produces 2.2M tons of fish in 2020 achieving self-sufficiency by 80%

Sun, 28 Feb 2021 - 09:59 GMT

Meselhy detailed the three pillars of fish production development assumed by the authority.

Overview of Egypt’s fish farming, fishing industry in Egypt

Sun, 24 Jan 2021 - 01:34 GMT

Egypt ranks first in Africa and sixth globally in fish farming.

CBE: Agricultural, poultry, livestock, fisheries firms to join industrial support initiative

Thu, 26 Mar 2020 - 12:48 GMT

CBE said the decision targets companies whose business volume and annual revenues stand at about LE 50 million to LE 1 billion.

Pollution endangers natural fisheries, raises prices

Tue, 16 Jul 2019 - 07:50 GMT

The natural fisheries in Egypt include “the Nile River, the canals, the banks and the lakes.”

State completes Sarabium Siphon, infrastructure of North Sinai Development Project

Tue, 09 Jul 2019 - 09:04 GMT

The Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources revealed the progress achieved in the North Sinai Development Project aimed at claiming 400,000 feddans.

5 sectors to drive estimated GDP growth of 5.6% in FY2019-20

Tue, 04 Jun 2019 - 02:46 GMT

The GDP is expected to hit LE 6 trillion ($358 billion) in the FY2019-2020, achieving a 5.6 percent growth driven mainly by five industries.

Egypt, Algeria discuss cooperation in field of fisheries

Tue, 06 Nov 2018 - 10:36 GMT

They also discussed measures taken to establish an Egyptian-Algerian fish farm in the Algerian city of Béchar.

PM, agriculture min. discuss ministry's plan to invest in poultry

Thu, 13 Jul 2017 - 07:15 GMT

Sherif Ismail, Agriculture Minister discuss preparations for inaugurating the 19th International Exhibition for the Management and Production of Poultry, Livestock and Fish

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