In terms of value, marketed inshore and artisanal fishing products fell by 1% to 4.37 billion dirhams in the first five months of 2024, according to the Office National of Fisheries (ONP).
The weight of these products stood at 392,692 tonnes (T), down 7% compared with the end of May 2023, says the ONP in its recent report on coastal and artisanal fishing statistics in Morocco.
By species, landings of shellfish, seaweed, crustaceans and pelagic fish fell by 77% to 21 T, 39% to 4,974 T, 26% to 3,306 T and 9% to 312,920 T respectively.
Conversely, landings of white fish and cephalopods rose by 8% to 41,628 T and by 6% to 29,842 T. By port, a total of 6,542 T of inshore and artisanal fishing products were landed in Mediterranean port entries at the end of May 2024, down 16% on the same period last year.
In terms of value, these ports recorded an increase of 4% to 316.6 million dirhams.
For their part, landings at Atlantic ports fell by 7% to 386,149 tonnes, and by 1% to 4.05 million dirhams.
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