The octopus fishing season, which began on January 1 and will continue until March 31, continues in the fishing areas north and south of Sidi L’Ghazi.
In this regard, the services of the maritime fisheries delegation at the port of Tan-Tan registered, on December 28, the coastal fishing boats located in the port of Tan-Tan and wishing to fish for octopus south of Sidi. The Ghazi.
The delegation also carried out technical checks of the boats, including monitoring of fishing nets and operation of GPS and monitoring device, before granting fishing licenses.
Regarding fishing quotas during the winter season in the Sidi L’Ghazi Nord region, the total admissible octopus catch authorized, from January 1 to March 31, is set at 7,205 tonnes, of which 900 tonnes are allocated to the maritime constituency of Tan-Tan.
A commission, made up of representatives of the maritime fisheries delegation and professionals, has been set up for this purpose and will be responsible for rationalizing fishing activity to avoid any exhaustion of the fixed quota, and distributing the octopus quota monthly between the segments. coastal and artisanal, to set catch ceilings per tide and per type of unit (trawler and boat), to contribute to the monitoring of biological indicators of the resource and to propose to the administration any measure aimed at preserving the resource level local.
The regional delegate of the National Fisheries Office in Tan-Tan, Dida Boughantar indicated that 200 tonnes of octopus were marketed from January 1 to 10 at the port of Tan-Tan for a turnover of more than 20 million from dhs.
He added that the fish market at the port of Tan-Tan has engaged in a process of digitalization of the sales process, which has a positive impact on the marketing of products, reinforced the transparency of transactions and ensured monitoring of the sales process.
The active coastal and traditional fishing fleet at the port of Tan-Tan is made up of 629 units in 2024, including 264 boats and 110 sardine boats.
This port ranks third nationally, after Dakhla and Laâyoune, in terms of quantities of fish landed.