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Estimated numbers of individuals in aquaculture production (FAO) of fish species (2017)

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Summary for Egypt (2017)
Total Production (t) Percent of total
fish production % Estimated Numbers
(millions)
All species with an EMW
(Estimated mean weight)       1,078,242 74 1,377 - 4,153

All species without an EMW         373,464 26 Not estimated

Total fish production       1,451,706 100

out of total aquaculture production       1,451,841

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Data for Egypt (2017)
Species Production (t)¹ Estimated
mean weight²
(EMW) g EMW id² Estimated
Numbers
(millions)³
Common carp          45,000 500-2,500 57 18 - 90

Cyprinids nei         129,185 Not estimated⁴

European seabass          30,720 400-500 72 61 - 77

Freshwater fishes nei             747 Not estimated⁴

Gilthead seabream          35,221 300-400 81 88 - 117

Meagre          25,013 Not estimated⁴

Mullets nei         210,213 Not estimated⁴

Nile tilapia         967,301 250-800 129 1,209 - 3,869

River eels nei               1 Not estimated⁴

Torpedo-shaped catfishes nei           8,305 Not estimated⁴

Totals by estimate type:

Production (t) Percent of
total fish
production % Estimated Numbers
(millions)

   Single species with an EMW       1,078,242 74 1,377 - 4,153

Totals for species with an EMW       1,078,242 74 1,377 - 4,153

Totals for species without EMW         373,464 26 Not estimated⁴

Total fish production       1,451,706 100

out of total aquaculture production       1,451,841

Estimated by A Mood and P Brooke, Sep 2019

Notes
1. Source of production tonnage: FAO FishStat "Aquaculture Production (Quantities and values) 1950-2017 (Release date: 25th March 2019)".
2. Source of estimated mean weights (EMWs) : as for our earlier estimate, see Estimating the Number of Farmed Fish Killed in Global Aquaculture Each Year.
3. The estimated numbers are calculated as the production tonnage divided by estimated mean weight (EMW) where a mean weight has been estimated for the species.
4. The fish numbers for species without an estimated mean weight (EMW) have not been estimated for each individual species or country.

Species	Production (t)¹	Estimated mean weight² (EMW) g	EMW id²	Estimated Numbers (millions)³
Common carp	45,000	500-2,500	57	18 - 90
Cyprinids nei	129,185			Not estimated⁴
European seabass	30,720	400-500	72	61 - 77
Freshwater fishes nei	747			Not estimated⁴
Gilthead seabream	35,221	300-400	81	88 - 117
Meagre	25,013			Not estimated⁴
Mullets nei	210,213			Not estimated⁴
Nile tilapia	967,301	250-800	129	1,209 - 3,869
River eels nei	1			Not estimated⁴
Torpedo-shaped catfishes nei	8,305			Not estimated⁴

Totals by estimate type:
	Production (t)	Percent of total fish production %		Estimated Numbers (millions)
Single species with an EMW	1,078,242	74		1,377 - 4,153
Totals for species with an EMW	1,078,242	74		1,377 - 4,153
Totals for species without EMW	373,464	26		Not estimated⁴
Total fish production	1,451,706	100
out of total aquaculture production	1,451,841