Morocco's new fisheries strategy will enable a 2 million tons annual production by 2007, including 15,000 tons in aquaculture, with a rise in fish exports that can reach 200 billion dirhams (USD 22.2 billion).

In spite of good natural opportunities (more than 20,000 hectares of dam lakes surface area and interesting incentives the Tunisian freshwater fish culture both in dam lakes (North part of the country) and warm artesian water (south Tunisia) is not developing.

At the beginning of March, Spain and Morocco signed an agreement on mutual support in the fisheries sector.

Countries participating in the 9th session of FAO's Sub-Committee on Fish Trade have issued a draft report outlining the challenges and opportunities facing FAO and its member countries...

Protection of the hake and the sole.