DOI: 10.36347/sjebm.2019.v06i02.007

Pages: 131-135

This paper aims at estimating the economic and administrative efficiency of fish hatcheries and farms in fayoum governorate. Data envelopment analysis approach & stepwise regression are used to estimate the economic efficiency and descriptive statistics is used to measure the administrative efficiency. To achieve the research objective, a random sample was selected and data collected using pre-designed questionnaire for this purpose through one-on-one interviews. Fish farms owned by companies are found to be more economic efficient than those owned by individuals although they did not achieve the full efficiency. Hormones and management are shown to be of significant impact on production and renewal period of broodstock, protein percentage in fry fodders and fry temperature are of significant impact on profits of fish farms. Catfish and mix farms are the most efficient in individually-owned farms. On the other side, gilt-head bream & bass farms are the most efficient in companies-owned farms. The fish hatcheries are shown to be administrative efficient as they are owned and run by specialized companies. In fish farms; the management efficiency in the farms owned and run by companies are more than in those owned by individuals due to professionality. The gilt-head bream & bass and tilapia & mullet farms owned by companies are shown to be the most efficient production pattern.