Morocco: Raising the price of industrial sardines creates controversy in ports

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Published Feb 13, 2024

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The National Confederation of Fish Merchants in Moroccan Ports and Markets, along with other fishing associations, have sparked controversy by raising the reference price for industrial sardines by 25 cents per kilogram. The increase is aimed at preserving fish wealth, ensuring quality, and easing professional tension. However, the National Union of the Fish Canning Industry (UNICOP) and the National Association for Freezing Sea Products Industries have rejected the increase, arguing that price changes should be mutually agreed upon by suppliers and manufacturers.

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Tantan: Muhammad Soleimani The decision taken by the National Confederation of Fish Merchants in Moroccan Ports and Markets, and a group of representatives of boat operators affiliated with the National Confederation of Coastal Fishing in Morocco, the Moroccan Confederation of Coastal Fishing, and the National League of Fishing Boat Owners, raised a 25 cent increase in the reference price for one kilogram of industrial sardines. There was widespread controversy within Moroccan ports. According to the data, a number of professionals decided during a meeting held in the city of Agadir last Wednesday to increase the reference price of industrial sardines directed to canning and salting factories. The attendees justified this increase by saying that it comes in the context of the current difficult circumstance for all actors, and in order to preserve fish wealth and ensure the quality of industrial fish, and then to ward off professional tension in order to get out of the critical ...

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