Morocco's sea products exports decline by 9.6 in 2001
Morocco, Economics, 1/15/2002

Morocco's exports of sea products were worth some 8.55 billion DH (about US$ 743.47 million) in the period extending between January and November 2001, scoring a decrease of 9.6 percent compared to 2000.

According to the exchange office, which disclosed the figures, the drop is mainly related to a decrease of 27.3 percent in exports of shellfish and mollusks.

Exports of canned fish have recorded an increase of 19.9 percent as their value went up from 1.89 billion DH (about $164.34 million) in 2000 to 2.27 billion in 2001. Exports of fresh fish, worth 1.3 billion DH ($113.04 million), also recorded a slight increase of 7.5 percent.

With national territorial waters extending over 1.2 million KM2 and with a 3,500 km long sea coast, Morocco has huge sea resources and harbors over 840 fish species. Fish consumption in Morocco remains however low as it stands at only nearly 7 KG per person per year.

The fishery sector employs nearly 400,000 workers.

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