
Morocco's Fish Export Ban Sparks Shortage Crisis in Spanish Enclave Ceuta
Fish is starting to be sorely lacking in Ceuta. This situation follows the ban imposed by Morocco on its export through the border crossing.

Fish is starting to be sorely lacking in Ceuta. This situation follows the ban imposed by Morocco on its export through the border crossing.

Two bodies of the 5 missing fishermen, reported missing on Saturday, December 28, 2019, were recovered off the coast of Safi .

A small fishing trawler, with 16 crew members on board, sank off Tan Tan, in southern Morocco. The mobilization is total and the search continues to find the missing crew members.

Hundreds of fish, mainly mullets, found dead floating on the surface of the Massa wadi where they have piled up on the left bank of the valley.

Four Moroccan fishermen were rescued on Tuesday, July 30, 2019, by the Spanish National Police, near Ceuta, after their boat sank due to bad weather conditions. While the two survived, their boat could not be recovered.

From Monday, July 22, the Spanish fleet will be able to return to Moroccan waters, said Luis Planas, Spanish Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

The Royal guarantee, issued by King Hassan II , in favor of a Portuguese investor in Morocco, in exchange for the suspension of an appeal judgment, was not enough to restore the rights of the latter, in the face of the abuses of power perpetrated against him by his associate, Mohamed El Iraqi.

The European Union and Morocco signed a new fisheries agreement in Brussels on Monday, including the waters of the Sahara.