2023-05-18 00:54:00
Landings of marketed products from coastal and artisanal fishing reached 290,940 tonnes (T) in the first four months of this year, down 6% compared to the same period of 2022, according to the National Fisheries Office ( WE P).
In value, these landings show an increase of 1% to more than 3.5 billion dirhams (MMDH), specifies the ONP in its recent report on the statistics of coastal and artisanal fishing in Morocco.
By species, landings of cephalopods and pelagic fish fell by 27% to 23,175 T and by 7% to 228,456 T, while landings of seaweed, crustaceans, shellfish and whitefish showed respective increases of 81 %, 24%, 15% and 14%.
Per port, a total of 6,036 T of coastal and artisanal fishing products were landed in Mediterranean port entries at the end of April 2023, down 12% compared to the same period a year earlier. In terms of value, these ports recorded an increase of 4% to 244.09 million dirhams (MDH).
For their part, landings at the ports located on the Atlantic decreased by 6% to 284,904 T and increased, in value, by 1% to more than 3.27 billion dirhams.
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