Fish Farming Project (Ghalion Pond)
Ghalyoun Pool Project
Evergreen Company implemented this project according to the highest international specifications. Ghalyoun Pond contains 466 fish ponds and fattening ponds, with a production capacity of up to 300 tons of fish per year. It also includes 83 freshwater fish ponds for fish farming. The pond area is 500 acres, sufficient to meet the needs of citizens, in addition to 655 shrimp farming ponds equipped with automatic feeders and central drainage, producing approximately 200 tons per year, sufficient to support the local market and export abroad.[١]This project was implemented by the Egyptian military institution in cooperation with the Chinese company Evergreen, on an area of 3,500 acres, and was inaugurated by President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi in November 2017.[٢]
The project was implemented at a cost of 1.7 billion Egyptian pounds, equivalent to 108.4 million US dollars. This pond used modern technology in fish farming. It is worth noting that the implementing company has established an 18-kilometer road in order to... Project service, at a cost of 112 million Egyptian pounds, in addition to roads The interior, which is 45 km long, and a power station was established with a production rate of 35 kilowatts of energy.[٢]
Ghalyoun pond location
Barakat Ghalioun is located on the Egyptian International Coastal Road and overlooks the Mediterranean Sea. It is bordered to the north by the Mediterranean Sea, to the south by palm forests, and to the west by the Rosetta branch of the Nile River. It is bordered on various sides by many archaeological and historical sites.[٢]
The largest fish farm in North Africa and the Middle East
This farm is the largest fish farm in North Africa and the Middle East, producing a lot of fish, shrimp and prawns, and it also includes a factory that produces these fish through processing and packaging processes. This factory alone has an area of 4,000 acres, and it is expected that this farm will provide 70% of local consumption requirements and more for export.[٣]
Fish farming
Aquaculture is a type of aquaculture in which fish are raised in fish ponds for later sale. Half of the world's fish consumed is produced in these artificial environments, including salmon, tuna, cod, trout, and halibut. These fish are raised in net cages submerged in natural water bodies, or in large concrete containers fenced on the ground.[٤]
Conclusion
The Ghalyoun project is the largest fish farming project in North Africa and the Middle East. This project was implemented by the Egyptian military institution in cooperation with Chinese company Evergreen, the pond is located on the Egyptian coast overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, and fish farming means raising fish in industrial farms, with the aim of producing large numbers of them and selling them, and achieving economic profits.
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- ↑ “Project details”, evergreenegy, Retrieved 28/6/2021. Edited.
- ^ A for T Ahmed Zikrallah (7/12/2017), “Information on Ghalyoun Pond project”, eipss-eg, Retrieved 28/6/2021. Edited.
- ↑ “EGYPT LAUNCHES THE LARGEST FISH FARM IN NORTH AFRICA AND MIDDLE EAST”, africanfarming, Retrieved 29/6/2021. Edited.
- ↑ “Fish Farming”, awionline, Retrieved 29/6/2021. Edited.
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