More than 5,706 tons (T) of octopus, with a total value of more than 394.39 million dirhams (MDH), were landed at small scale fishing villages in the Dakhla Oued-Eddahab region during the winter cephalopod fishing season which started on 1st January and ended on 15 April.

The blue economy presents a new vision for the maritime domain and is on the way to being a real engine of socio-economic development, stressed the President of the Regional Council of Dakhla-Oued Eddahab, El KhattatYanja, on Saturday, November 23, 2019 in Dakhla,

Speaking at the opening of the first edition of the International Seafarers' Forum, under the theme "Prospects for the Blue Economy in Africa", Mr. Yanja said that this economy is also a guarantee of sustainable and inclusive development, noting that the marine fisheries sector is the main source of socio-economic development in the region, accounting for 65% of national production.

World Fisheries Day is celebrated every year on 21 November throughout the fishing communities holding rallies, workshops, public meetings, cultural programs and exhibition to highlight the importance of maintaining the World's fisheries.

The day helps in highlighting the importance of lives of water creatures to humans. Department of Fisheries organized a function to celebrate this Day in New Delhi.

A national agency in charge of the management and exploitation of coral has been created "about twenty days ago", a senior official of the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries announced in Algiers.

Speaking on national radio, the Director General of Fisheries and Aquaculture at the Ministry, Taha Hamouche, explained that the establishment of this new agency was aimed at the best possible management of coral exploitation, the opening of which, decided in 2015 by the authorities, is "imminent", without specifying the deadline.

This Step will provide better protection of the environment by first avoiding wastewater discharge into the nature and recovery of sludge through solar drying and will also help to preserve the city underground water resources.