Analytical economic study of the problems of marine fish farming: A case study of marine fish farms

Egypt occupies the first place among the countries of Africa and the first place in the production of fish from fish farming among the countries of the Mediterranean and the Middle East, as well as the sixth place in the world in fish farming. Marine fish farming in Egypt suffers from many political and legal obstacles, as well as old laws and legislations that require strong and radical amendments, with disputes over the use of natural resources (land and water). The study aims to: (1) A description and analysis of the most important productive and economic variables in fish farms according to three farmer production capacities. (2) Identify and describe the most important production, technical, technical, economic, marketing, and structural problems related to the infrastructure of the fish farms under study. (3) Estimating and measuring the individual or simple impact of the most important production, technical, technical, economic, marketing and structural problems of the infrastructure of the fish farms under study on the total production of marine fish in the study area. In achieving its previous objectives, the study relied on preliminary field data collected from 95 marine fish farms on the northern coast during the production cycle for the period 2019/2020. The study relied on all methods of descriptive and quantitative statistical analysis and the Multiple Dummy Variables Model in estimating the effect of previous problems faced by these farms on the volume of total production of marine fish under study. The most important results obtained: (1) The average worker productivity of marine fish in small, medium and large farm capacities was about 1129 kg / worker, 1389 kg / worker, and 1491 kg / worker, respectively, with an average of about 1276 kg / worker. (2) The average yield of fish in marine fish farms in small, medium and large farm capacities was about 1.60 kg / fodder unit, 2.36 kg / fodder unit, and 2.86 kg / fodder unit respectively, with an average of about 2.13 kg / fodder unit.