Israel

Overview

According to GAPI’s country inclusion rule, Israel ranks as a major global producer of only one marine finfish species—gilthead seabream. However, Israel’s gilthead seabream sector accounted for 84% of its total marine finfish production in 2007. Israel’s gilthead seabream culture scores 60, one point above the global country average. While Israel’s gilthead seabream score ranks as the second-highest of the five gilthead seabream producers assessed, the range of performance across countries is relatively small (just 10 points separating the best and worst country scores). Israel’s modest production of a relatively high-performing species propels its cumulative country score up 50% to 91—the third-highest cumulative score of the 22 countries assessed by GAPI.