Fish Supply and Demand in the Near East Region
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According to FAO Near East fisheries data for 2003, the thirty two member countries as a group produced a total of 4.4 million tonnes of fish from all sources (marine and inland waters as well as catch and aquaculture). About 3.7 million tonnes (85 percent) of this production came from capture fisheries while the balance of 669 000 tonnes (15 percent) came from aquaculture in marine, brackish and fresh water bodies. A computerized calculation was formulated to project the food supply gap by 2015 ; the demand for fish for the target year was calculated on the basis of the average annual growth in fish production which resulted to be 4.2 million tonnes. Consequently, the population growth was a given rate. Assuming that fish per capita consumption remains constant at 5.83 by 2015, the supply gap is likely to be about 735 000 tonnes, which is a relatively modest quantity. However, only some countries will suffer from a supply gap.