Morocco: Clear decline in coastal and traditional fishing nets

Published 2023년 2월 16일

Tridge summary

The National Fisheries Office has reported a significant decrease in the quantities of fishery products marketed from coastal and artisanal fishing, with a 36% drop to 30,201 tons, and a 18% decrease in value to 977.31 million dirhams, compared to the same period last year. Despite this, the value of specific products such as algae, oysters, and crustaceans have seen an increase, while molluscs and white and pelagic fish have seen a decrease. The unloading volumes and values at Mediterranean ports have increased by 6% and 13% respectively, in contrast to a 38% decrease and a 19% decrease at Atlantic Ocean ports.
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Original content

The National Fisheries Office reported that the quantities of fishery marketed from coastal and artisanal fishing decreased by 36 percent, to 30,201 tons, at the end of last January. The National Fishing Office stated, in its latest report on coastal and traditional fishing statistics in the Kingdom, that the value of these landed quantities amounted to 977.31 million dirhams, a decrease of 18 percent compared to the end of January 2022. According to the species, the value of algae offloading increased (41% to 891 tons), oysters (251% to 15 tons), and crustaceans (15% to 673 tons), while the value of molluscs offloading decreased (37%), and white fish (21%). and pelagic fish (44%). By ports, a total of 1,512 tons of coastal and artisanal fishing products were unloaded in the ports of the Mediterranean Sea until the end of January 2023, an increase of ...

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