Certification standards and practices enable the September 17 awareness event to drive environmentally sustainable manta ray watching excursions and “swim with manta ray” programs

Fishing for silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis) and porbeagle shark (Lamna nasus) in Moroccan maritime waters is provisionally prohibited following an order recently published in the Official Bulletin.

A testing operation was organized on Saturday 29 June for the benefit of those involved in sea fishing in the port of Tangier, as part of the national strategy to combat the spread of the pandemic of the new corona virus.

Highlighting the government's intention to create the conditions to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 2: "Zero Hunger", the statement said "aquaculture could be one of the opportunities" to achieve this goal.

Agadir Haliopole Cluster (AHP) is launching a survey to measure the impact of the sanitary and economic crisis of Covid-19 on the fishing sector and the seafood processing industry of Souss-Massa region.