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MARINE ENVIORNMENT

Marine Environment Division includes nine departments contribute in many different areas and disciplines can provide service to the community, investors and can we summarize the Division's role in the following activities: The protection and preservation of the marine environment, Environmental study of Marine Biology and its relationship to fisheries, Monitoring all the types of emissions that affect the water environment, whether solid, liquid or gaseous remnants of a comprehensive land-based sources, ships and floating facilities that move between different Egyptian ports, as well as cross territorial waters and adjacent economic zone. The use of physical methods to explore new fishing areas and estimate the fish stock - explore the most suitable areas, suitable for maritime culture in the near-shore and remote design those cages areas in accordance with the hydraulic conditions in different positions and suggest the most appropriate ways to install and protection. To select the most appropriate materials needed in the areas of exploitation and protection of aquaculture be fouling as well as the study of the effect of nutrition in these cages on the surrounding environment.

FISHERIES

The Fisheries Division is entrusted with working to achieve sustainable development of fish production, improving and developing fishermen's living areas and achieving food security in addition to preserving the diversity of marine organisms and protecting the Egyptian waters, which include the Egyptian coasts of the Red and Mediterranean Sea, in addition to the northern and inner lakes, as well as the source of life for the Egyptians, the Nile River. This is through monitoring fish production, determining the spread and distribution of fish populations, assessing fish stocks, tracking biological changes that occur in this fish stock, evaluating the fishing methods and equipment used in order to suggest ways and preventive means that keep it from deteriorating while determining the number of fishing vessels authorized to use each of these Tools. Increasing the efficiency and development of different fishing methods, especially bottom trawls and floating traction in the middle of the water column. Examining the economic and social status of fishermen and tracking fishing statistics to determine the maximum and best fish return for fishing operations. Developing industries and fish products with low costs and high nutritional value to maximize the role of cheap fish products, thus increasing the yield from the catch and opening new job opportunities.

AQUACULTURE

Fishery resources are considered to be the most important sector in the national economy of the Arab Republic of Egypt with a total annual production of 1.4 million tons. Over the past 20 years, Egypt was able to achieve a great success in the field of aquaculture, which has become a necessity to bridge the food gap and keep pace with the ongoing increase in the number of the population. Egypt represents the first state in the Mediterranean basin in aquaculture production and the eighth country in terms of the total world production. Fish is a traditional and important component of the Egyptian diet, and is the main source of cheap animal protein for a growing population. Nowadays, the total Egyptian aquaculture production represents about 65% of the total fish production (1.4 million tons) which maintain 16.5 kg /per capita/ year (population 90 million). Egyptian demand for fish in 2030 is forecast to reach 2 500 000 tones. This fact means that we need to accomplish additional 1 million tones to meet the increasing demand per capita/ year needs (population 105 million people in 2030).

FRESH WATER

Fresh Water and Lakes Division intended to investigate physico-chemical, biological , microbiological and geological characteristics of River Nile and lakes in Egypt. The values or concentrations attributed to such parameters can be used to describe the pollution status of aquatic environments, its biotic status or to predict the likelihood or otherwise of a particular organisms being present. Monitoring of environmental quality parameters is a key activity in managing the environment, restoring polluted environments and anticipating the effects of man-made changes on the environment.