The exports of fish and fish preparations have increased by 11.97 percent duirng July 2013 as compared to the of same month of last year. The fish exports in July 2013 was recorded at $19.985 million against $17.849 million in July 2012, according to the data of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS). In terms of quantity, the fish exports surged by 24.76 percent to 9,393 metric tons in July this year as compared to the exports of 7,529 metric tons in July 2012. On month-on-month basis, the exports of fish and fish preparations, however, decreased by 24.46 percent in July 2013 when compared to $26.456 million in June 2013, the data revealed.