Morocco: Paralysis in southern ports after stopping sardine fishing

Tantan: Muhammad Soleimani The ports of the southern regions entered a state of emergency paralysis, following the decision to stop sardine fishing entering the biological rest phase for a period of 45 days, starting the day before yesterday, Monday. Based on the data, movement has slowed down in a number of fishing ports in the southern provinces, as sardine fishing vessels were lined up on the port quays, in order to take advantage of the pause in repair operations, while other vessels left towards the octopus trap, whose biological rest period was suspended starting on the 1st. This January. The adoption of a biological rest period for sardines came after, weeks ago, the National Institute for Research in Marine Fisheries presented, during a meeting in Rabat to sector professionals, shocking data regarding the state of the pelagic fishery, as research carried out by the institute confirmed a decline in pelagic fish stocks by 36 per cent. 100, which means the necessity of urgent ...