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MOROCCO: A PLATFORM TO SOURCE,

TRANSFORM & EXPORT

NATURAL POTENTIAL FISHING INDUSTRY

• Coastline 3500km : 3000 km West •Processing/canning unit: 235


Atlantic+500 km North Med. •Fish meal and oil: 21
•Freezing: 194
•Fishing products : 500 species of •Production: 97,365 tons
which 65 are exploited (Fish,
Crustaceansn, Seaweed, Mussels,
Oysters ans Coral)

INFRASTRUCTURE

•Fishing Port: 22

•Landing points & fishing sites: 44


completed, 2 in progress and 1 scheduled.

•Fish markets: 62 operational

AGRI-FOOD INDUSTRY FEBRUARY 2022


State of aquaculture in Morocco

Social dimension projects

2 mussel farming cooperatives


1 algae cultivation cooperative

Mediterraneen cost
1 fish farm
1 shellfish farm

Oualidia Lagoon

6 shellfish farms

Souss Massa / Agadir

11 shellfish farms
Dakhla Bay

35 Shellfish farms
1 Shellfish hatchery
Aquaculture development plans

313 km

Aquaculture Cover coasts Oued Laou Saidia


Development Plan

El Jadida
365 km

06 2342 Imessouane

206 km

Sidi Ifni

Major areas are


660 km Guelmim
identified favorable
to aquaculture The 6 aquaculture
activity development
plans
These 6 Allocated Boujdour
Zones for cover 2342 km, 225 km
half of the Dakhla Plans completed
Aquaculture (AZA)
are located in 8 Moroccan coast Cintra

regions of Morocco
Step 3: Indication about potential species and their farming
technologies

Species adapted to the national context Technologies adapted to the species and the site

Sea bass

Sea bream

Meagre

Seriola

Oyster

Mussel

Clam

Gracilaria
Aquaculture Planning: A comparative advantage for Morocco

Key figures

22790 Allocated zone for aquaculture


Hectares

1 543 Production units dedicated to a wide


Unit range of species

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