In the Mediterranean Sea, 593 species of fish are known, of which ours - 291. Small Israeli freshwater bodies are inhabited by 57 species. 18 of these 57 species have been introduced (introduced) by humans. The Kinneret is not found anywhere in the world. Let meticulous readers not be confused by the fact that the sum of the species inhabiting both our seas and freshwater bodies exceeds the total number of species of Israeli fish - there are fish that are found in both sea and freshwater, and 83 species live in both Red and in the Mediterranean Seas (some of them are widespread species, others independently expanded their range using the Suez Canal, and some were deliberately resettled by humans).

The table compiled according to the FishBase website as of April 2007 shows how our fish fauna looks against the background of fish from some other countries.

The main fishermen bases in the Mediterranean are Akko (87 vessels), Kishon (102) and Jaffa (105), and our entire Red Sea fleet is based in Eilat.

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All industrial freshwater fishing in Israel is concentrated on the lake. Kinneret (where amateur fishermen find freshwater fish - see here) Lake Kinneret (Galilee, Genesaret or Tiberias) is located in a deep depression in the eastern part of the Lower Galilee, 200 km from Jerusalem. In Hebrew, it is called the sea - Yam Kinneret. The water level is unstable, normally it fluctuates between 209-213 m below sea level. The other parameters of this geographic object change accordingly. The indicators below refer to a water level of minus 209 m. (This is considered the upper permissible limit for filling the lake. If the winter is rainy and the lake is completely filled with water, then the sluices are opened and excess water is drained into the Dead Sea.)

Previously, the water level minus 212 m was considered the “red line” - the minimum mark at which the water quality remained stable. But in the mid-1980s, the red line was lowered by 1 m, and in September 2001 - to 215.5 m, although this caused objections from some experts. In November 2001, the actual water level dropped to a minimum level of minus 215 m.

To maintain fish stocks, fry of commercial fish are regularly released in the Kinneret.

Release of fry in the lake. Kinneret (thousand units)
Year	Tilapia	Mullet	Silver carp
1993	3000	700	200
1994	2800	849	200
1995	3500	1006	200
1996	3500	735	200
1997	4000	929	200
1998	4000	1015	200
1999	6000	698	200
2000	6024	1030	200
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