Morocco: Professionals and merchants agree on biological rest period for sardines in southern ports

Eyes: Muhammad Soleimani A number of surface fishing professionals and merchants in the port of Laayoune agreed on the need to adopt a new biological rest period for sardines, in order to protect this fish wealth from depletion. Based on the data, an emergency meeting was held in the port of Laayoune, which included a number of professionals, captains, processors and officials of some units specialized in canning fish, in order to study the possibility of an immediate cessation of surface fish fishing, especially sardines, for a specified period, after it became clear to these professionals that The size of the fish caught these days by a number of boats is very small, and it does not meet the approved standards for sale or canning in industrial units. As the matter was repeated for several days, some professionals transferred these catches to fishmeal factories, as they were not marketable or industrial. These demands aim to protect the fish wealth from depletion, and to preserve ...