The great potential of Moroccan waters attracts investors from the Basque Country. Their emissaries have been staying in Morocco since this Monday to study the opportunities offered by this sector.
In a written question, MEP Kira Marie Peter-Hansen (Danish Social Democratic Party) claimed that the activities of European trawlers in the waters of the Sahara violate "the CJEU ruling of February 27, 2018", largely in favor of the Polisario. Virginijus Sinkevičius, Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, tried to respond to her.
The current movement that industrial value chains are adhering to could be beneficial for Morocco. In an interview with the MAP agency, Amine Laghidi, president of the Moroccan Association of Exporters (Asmex) center, addresses the challenges of this relocation and the interest of co-industrialization between different economies and the Kingdom.
The creation of economic activity zones at the new Dakhla Atlantique Port is a concern for the authorities. These zones will serve as a logistical and economic tool to facilitate the economic and social structuring of southern Morocco.
4 dead and 7 missing off the coast of Tarfaya. This is the sad toll of this Thursday, December 31, mourned by the sinking of a traditional fishing boat with 14 fishermen on board.
Morocco has acquired a new oceanographic vessel for fisheries research. This acquisition is the result of a partnership between the kingdom and Japan.
A meeting was organized on December 8 and 9 between Morocco and the European Union to take stock of the first year of the fisheries partnership protocol and to better relaunch the next season.
A new cooperation agreement has been signed between Morocco and Russia in the field of maritime fishing. It replaces the one from 2016, which expired in March 2020, according to a press release from the Ministry of Agriculture and Maritime Fisheries .
Between declining volumes and market values, fishing in Morocco is affected by the health crisis related to Covid-19 and the drought.
Launched by King [Mohammed VI] in Laâyoune on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Green March, the construction of Dakhla Atlantique, a deep-water port outside the bay, is a dream.
The law on the use of bottom trawls in the maritime areas of the Mediterranean was adopted on Thursday, in the Council of Government.
The Blue Lagoon (Merja Zerga) of Moulay Bousselham is the subject of a "rehabilitation" operation with the opening of an estuary, even though it is protected by an international convention that Morocco has ratified and is no longer part of the public maritime domain.