Morocco: Reasons for the disappearance of sardines from southern fisheries

Dakhla: Muhammad Soleimani The disappearance of small pelagic fish, especially sardines, from the fisheries of the southern regions continues to raise many reactions, especially since these fisheries portend a major crisis that may last for a long time. Based on the data, Abdel Rahim Kajij, regional director of the National Institute for Research in Marine Fishing in Dakhla, revealed shocking facts to a number of professionals and elected representatives in marine fishing, during the work of the recent general assembly of the Southern Atlantic Fisheries Chamber, highlighting that the current sardine crisis is the result of Normal for years of great pressure on C stocks, the institute discovered that “from 2018 to 2023 there was a decline in fish production, especially sardines, which led to a decline in biomass by an estimated 25 percent at the level of total small pelagic fish, and a record A decline of 41 percent of the sardine stock alone.” The regional director added that this ...