Japan donates us$ 4.4 mln to fund fisheries village construction

Japan has donated Morocco 44 million dirhams, nearly $ 4.4 million dollars, to finance a first phase of the development of a fisheries village in northern Morocco.

An accord related to the donation was initialed Wednesday in Rabat by Moroccan Fisheries Minister, Tayeb Rhafes and Japan's ambassador to Morocco, Yoshitaka Kawamura.

The project seeks to help fisherman in the region operate in better conditions and to endow them with infrastructure necessary for a sound marketing of catches.

The project, to be completed in 2004, is part of Morocco's efforts to develop traditional fisheries.