1834 Journal of Applied Sciences Research, 7(12): 1834-1839, 2011 ISSN 1819-544X This is a refereed journal and all articles are professionally screened and reviewed ORIGINAL ARTICLES Corresponding Author: Ahlam A. Hassan, Agricultural Economics Department - National Research Center. Economic Study of Some Factors Impact on the Fish Consumption in Egypt Ahlam A. Hassan, Afaf Z. Othman and Nayera Y. Sulaiman Agricultural Economics Department - National Research Center. ABSTRACT Fishery sources Contribute to food product that has high nutritional value at prices commensurate with the purchasing power and different consumer tastes, Fish are an important component of a balanced diet, because it provide us animal protein, fatty acids, and essential micronutrients such as calcium, iodine, and vitamins which are vital for the feeding. Multiple fish sources production from natural fisheries traps (sea - lakes - water tanks - River Nile) as well as fish farms to provide different types of fish year-round. A multiple sources of production to achieve the sustainability of fish under the rational exploitation of available resources , protect it ,and supply it despite the increase in domestic production of fish during the past years from 724.4 thousand tons in 2000 to 1.093 million tons in 2009. Egypt is still facing short in domestic production to meet consumption needs. This short is covered by imports which were estimated at about 136 thousand tons, valued at 210.26 million pounds in 2009. Rates of increase in domestic fish production that have been made over the past decade confirms the reliability of our own resources in improving the position of self-sufficiency in fish, and reduce the risk of dependence on imports especially taking into account the factors that caused the global food crisis The results cleared that significant was proved for the directly relationship between the quantity of fish consumed and the independent factors affecting except the fish retail price. Partial flexibility for each of them about (0.82, 2.89, 0.62, 0.42, 0.74, 0.24, 0.35), respectively, which means that if the change both of them by 1%, this leads to an increase in the fish consumed quantity about 0.82%, 2.89%, 0.62%, 0.42%, 0.74%, 0.35%, 0.24%, respectively, This was agree with the economic logic. And using (stepwise) statistical analysis to identify the factors most influential on the consumption , it cleared that the production factor (x1), and the quantity of fish imports factor (x7) were the most impact on consumption and partial flexibility for it about 0.79, 0.19, respectively, which means that if the change both of them by 1%, this leads to an increase in the fish consumed quantity about 0.79%, 0.19%, and Statistical significant was proved for the model at the level 1%, and the value of the determination coefficient about 99%, which means that these two factors are responsible for 99% of the changes in the amount of fish consumption. The study recommends :- overcome the problems which facing the fishing of marine fisheries in Egypt (Mediterranean Sea - Red Sea). Working on the speed of dissemination of fish farming on rooftops, either homes or schools or hotels. Key words: Fishery resources. Fish farming, fish consumption gap. Introduction Food crisis which dominate the world, which emerged since mid-2006, and has been exacerbated steadily until the end of the first half of 2008. Negative effects on food security revealed negative aspects of many of the concepts prevailed, such as market mechanisms , liberalization of trade, and increased risk of exposure to food security in countries that rely on food imports such as Egypt (Abu-Enein Ibrahim 2009). The repercussions of the global crisis lead to duplication of food prices, which is reflected on the prices of local food products, low purchasing power, and exposure to food security for low-income and poor .(Bassiouni Abdel-Hamid 2010) Climatic changes proved that money alone is not enough to provide food security requirements, as what happened in Russia and other countries. Countries have to be self-reliant in the production of major food commodities and diversify sources of income through the mechanisms and policies based on the need to make full use of local resources especially land and water in order to reduce dependence on the world market and limit the reliance on outside to the narrowest limits, and only for the extreme necessities. Fishery resources contribute in the availability of food product that has high nutritional value. It can be obtained at all times at prices commensurate with the purchasing power and different consumer tastes. Fish is regarded as an important component of a balanced diet, because it is a source of animal protein, fatty acids, and essential micronutrients such as calcium, iodine, and vitamins which are vital for nutrition. The variation of fish production sources - such as natural fisheries traps (sea - lakes - water tanks - River Nile and its tributaries, streams of the various canals and banks) allows fish farms to provide different types of fish year-round . In addition, multiple sources