Decline in the quantities of coastal and traditional fishing products discharged in the port of Essaouira in Morocco

The quantities of coastal and traditional fishing products discharged at the port of Essaouira decreased by 47 percent during the first nine months of 2021, reaching 6,633 tons, compared to 12,495 tons, in the same period of 2020. In its last note on the statistics of traditional and coastal fishing in Morocco, the National Fisheries Office indicated that the market value of these products recorded, on the other hand, an increase of 41 percent, to reach, until the end of last September, 130,856 million dirhams, compared to 92.745 million dirhams, a year earlier. . The source also indicated a strong decrease of 65 percent in the quantities of pelagic fish unloaded, during the period from September to January 2021, in the port of Essaouira, to settle in the range of 3,841 tons, with an estimated value of 13,409 million dirhams (-66 percent). On the other hand, the memorandum revealed a 10 percent increase to 505 tons, (17.182 million dirhams / +33 percent), in the quantities of ...