Morocco’s fishing industry benefits from joint work with Russia

Morocco’s fishing industry benefits from joint work with Russia
Saturday 20 May 2023 - 22:59

The Russian-Moroccan Joint Fisheries Commission met n May 16 and 17 in Rabat to discuss collaboration on the fisheries agreement that will be signed in 2023,

The cooperation will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.

The Russian American partnership devised a work schedule and preparations for the remaining time pending the contract’s renewal, according to a Federal Fisheries Agency press release.

Morocco and Russia addressed the implementation of earlier decisions which aim at promoting business collaboration in the areas of shipbuilding and repair, fishing gear manufacturing, training, experience sharing, fish commerce, and fishing.

These agreements give Russian trawlers access to small-scale pelagic fishing in Moroccan waters in the Atlantic coast.

Morocco gains from support for the expansion of the fishing industry, numerous technical cooperation initiatives, and job possibilities.

The agreements with the Russian Federation outline the parameters of cooperation for the preservation and use of fishery resources as well as the fishing conditions for vessels flying the Russian flag in the nautical areas of the Kingdom’s Atlantic coast.

Additionally, Moroccan students are benefiting from training grants in Russian institutes that specialize in fishing thanks to the two nations’ scientific and technical cooperation.

The collaboration supports the growth of aquaculture as well as the exchange of research on fisheries, fishing, and processing technology.

The National Institute of Maritime Fisheries Research and its Russian counterpart celebrated their joint work in the field of research expeditions to study and monitor the state of stocks and the ecosystem in the Atlantic zone of Morocco in accordance with the agreements of October 14, 2020.

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