Egypt’s fisheries authority bans Red Sea fishing for seven months

Planning a fishing trip in Marsa Alam sometime soon? You’ll have to wait till September: Authorities have banned fishing in the Red Sea from February until September to “preserve the bio equilibrium,” General Authority for Fish Resources Development head Ayman Ammar tells Egypt Today. The decision will not lead to hikes in market prices as the Red Sea’s annual contribution of 120k tonnes of fish accounts for a mere 3% of domestic output, Ammar notes.