Fisheries Data (marine and continental)

Source: the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
Date: 25 November 2005

Fisheries and Aquatic Organisms:

Fish: Data indicate that the number of fish species is 297, distributed as 12 species of fresh water, in Jordan River and other inland water ponds, 186 species are ancient Mediterranean Sea fish and 16 species, migrated from the Red Sea via Suez Canal.

Marine mollusca: The number of species of marine mollusca in territorial water of Gaza Strip is 477 distributed as 177 species settled in the Mediterranean Sea and 300 species migrated from the Red Sea via the Sues canal.

Fisheries: Number of species of fish and marine organisms which are fishable in the territorial water of Gaza Strip is 30, and annual fishing average is 3,303 tones. However this number does not reflect the actual quantity or fish diversity of fisheries because of a delineated allowed area by Israeli occupation for fishing and other Israeli countermeasures.