Today, observers describe The Algerian Southwest as a future paradise. After agriculture, it is the turn of aquaculture to take a place in the regional economy.

Facing the increasing demand of piscatorial products, aquaculture is about to become a favored market in Bechar. The aim behind setting a direction of fishing and piscatorial resources in this wilaya, but which covers also the wilayas of Tindouf, Adrar, El Bayadh and Tamanrasset, is to promote the expansion of aquaculture and continental fishing, which constitute an important link in the chain of food security, which , in turn, constitutes the main goal of each country whishing to reduce its dependence on foreign countries.
In this context, a chamber of fisheries a nd piscatorial resources between wilayas has recently been set in Bechar with the aim of simplifying aquacultural activities and its related activities such as transport, conservation, transformation, and marketing of the fish. Different awareness-raising measures, taken in many districts, seem to arouse a real passion from potential investors , which suggests a rapid development of aquaculture in the wilaya. Such activity may constitute an important source of proteins and trace-elements, necessary to the growth of children and the food balance of adults. Also, owing to its high productivity, aquaculture allows the promotion and profitability of the man-made lakes, lakes and ponds.
Even the brackish drills, whose high salt content doesn’t allow their use for drinkable water supply or for agriculture, may be more profitable by farming some fish species in artificial ponds, fish such as the mullet or the tilapia. In addition to fish, some sites may serve to farm many species of crustaceans such as artemia salina, a very small arthropod, and very valued on the international market. In addition to Creating jobs and wealth, aquaculture can also take part in the economic development of the regions resorting to it, while affording the populations of these regions a regular provision of fresh fish, whose nutritive value is much more superior than the value of refrigeration or deep-freezing canned fish .