Moroccan fisheries minister calls for management based on fairness
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Libération (Maroc)
The Minister Delegate for Maritime Fisheries, Ahmed El Mehdi Mezouari, met the staff of the National Fisheries Office, headed by Amina Figuigui, in Casablanca. He called for a new generation of sectoral strategies and a renewed managerial approach, drawing on royal guidelines, according to Libe Maroc.
The Minister Delegate for Maritime Fisheries, Ahmed El Mehdi Mezouari, chaired a meeting on Tuesday in Casablanca with the staff of the National Fisheries Office (ONP), in the presence of its director general, Amina Figuigui, and the central and regional directors. He called for social justice and fairness to be placed at the heart of the management of fishery resources, reports Libération.
According to the minister, the main challenge is to design a new generation of sectoral strategies, in line with the High Guidelines of King Mohammed VI. He argued for moving away from an approach focused on production volume towards one based on fairness in access to resources and the sharing of investment opportunities.
Mr Mezouari also stressed the role of the ONP and the need to support its development, in order to modernise the marketing infrastructure for seafood and improve its intervention mechanisms. He then chaired a working meeting devoted to the Office’s missions and responsibilities, which reviewed its record.
The meeting is part of a series of Moroccan government announcements, following the launch of a water strategy on 2 November and preparations for the reform of the Family Code, announced on 7 November.
