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Opportunities of Investment in Aquaculture Region of -Oued Noun Content 3 REGION OF GUELMIM-OUED NOUN, A BOOMING REGION 5 REGION OF GUELMIM-OUED NOUN, IMPORTANT INFRASTRUCTURES UNDER DEVELOPMENT 7 AQUACULTURE OFFER, PROMISING INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES 10 APPENDIX REGION OF GUELMIM-OUED NOUN, A BOOMING REGION

The Region of Guelmim-Oued Noun and modernization of infrastructures, occupies an important place among the road construction projects, reforestation three southern regions of the Kingdom, operations, creation of sport and both in terms of natural and human cultural spaces and the promotion of resources. It covers more than 15% of entrepreneurship. the total area of these three regions and counts 46% of their total population. This region extends over an area of 46 108 Km², which represents 6.49% of the national territory. It is bordered to the North by the Region of Souss-Massa, to the South by the Region of Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra, to the East by and the Islamic Republic of and to the West by the . Administratively, it is composed of four provinces (Guelmim, Sidi , Tan-Tan and Assa-Zag), and 53 municipalities, including 8 urban, and 45 rural. The capital city of the region is Guelmim. The Region of Guelmim-Oued Noun saw, in recent years, the launch of a series of projects and cross-cutting development Location map of the Region of Guelmim-Oued Noun programs, such as the development

Opportunities of Investment in Aquaculture 3 Like the other parts of the south of take-off. In this regard, as part of the Morocco, the potentials of the region implementation of the new development Guelmim-Oued Noun, offer signifcant model of the southern provinces, a investment opportunities in various framework agreement concluded sectors and lays the ground for major between the Region and the State, economic and social development was presented to His Majesty King projects. Mohammed VI during his last visit to the southern provinces. It provides for The economy of the region relies on the implementation of large structuring several activities, including livestock programs, involving a total investment of farming and mining. Sea fshing MAD 11.93 billion. contributes to 6 % of the region’s GDP. In 2014, the catches reached 250 thousand Thanks to its geographical position as tons, i.e. a value of MAD 705 million. The a junction point between the southern region counts 17 seafood processing provinces and the other regions of the units, including 7 freezing plants, 4 fsh Kingdom, and to its proximity to the meal and oils units, and 4 fsh cannery Canary Islands, the Region of Guelmim- and semi-preserve factories. Ouen Noun is expected to become a real hub, combining seaside tourism and This region has all necessary assets to seafood industry. achieve a large-scale socio-economic

4 Opportunities of Investment in Aquaculture GUELMIM-OUED NOUN REGION, IMPORTANT INFRASTRUCTURES UNDER DEVELOPMENT

The region has fve industrial parks, and Airport Network others are in the pipeline. It also has a The region has two airports in Guelmim road network of 3384 km, undergoing and Tan-Tan, and a third one is projected enlargement and strengthening works, in Tata. two airports (Tan-Tan and Guelmim), two ports ( and Tan-Tan) as well as several developed fshing landing points.

Guelmim Airport

Port Infrastructure activity of the region. Sidi Ifni port is located at 170 km south of . Its main activity is fshing and acts as well as a catalyst in the socioeconomic

Sidi Ifni Port

Opportunities of Investment in Aquaculture 5 The port of Tan -Tan is one of the major national fshing poles

Industrial Parks The region has four industrial parks, • The extra port zone, located in namely: Alouatia urban commune in Tan-Tan. • Sidi Ifni industrial park and its intra- • Tan-Tan Centre zone with an area of port zone. 32 Ha. • Tan-Tan port zone.

6 Opportunities of Investment in Aquaculture AQUACULTURE OFFER, PROMISING INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES

The aquaculture planning and subsequently the pre-delimitation of development of the Moroccan coastline the available areas for the activity, constitutes the cornerstone of ANDA taking into account, technical and strategy. Reconciling economic, social other factors linked to existing uses. and environmental imperatives, this • Identifcation of the characteristics development approach provides insight of the environment in the pre- to investors, in search of favourable delimitated areas, with a view to areas to sustainably develop their studying the biodiversity, benthic aquaculture activities, and keen to invest infauna, water quality (temperature, in a promising sector. salinity, dissolved oxygen, The aquaculture plans defne the chlorophyll, turbidity...), as well the priorities of implementation of the oceanographic parameters... objectives of the aquaculture resources • Development of the aquaculture sustainable development policy in the structures plan based on the areas considered. technical and biological feasibility They lay down the measures likely to study of aquaculture projects and promote responsible marine aquaculture the identifcation of the areas development and management and the suitable to the activity exercise, the rational, balanced and equitable use of potential species and the breeding available areas that can accommodate techniques. aquaculture activities, bearing in mind • Environmental impact assessment the existing aquaculture activities in the of the aquaculture development area, as well as maritime fshing and plan through the conduct of a other economic activities. comprehensive environmental For the development of an aquaculture impact study. plan, ANDA has initiated the following actions: • Analysis of the present situation, including the mapping of marine and terrestrial area occupation and

Opportunities of Investment in Aquaculture 7 So far, the studies conducted by ANDA 1320 ha, for shellfsh and fsh farming. focused on the coastal fringe of Sidi Ifni Among these spaces, 850 ha remain Province. Several zones were identifed, available for development of aquaculture as potentially viable to accommodate and projects. promote a sustainable development of the aquaculture activity. The spaces identifed for the development of aquaculture projects in the Region are spread over two zones, totaling an area of

Location Map of the areas dedicated to aquaculture in the Region

8 Opportunities of Investment in Aquaculture A total area of 850ha, dedicated to shellfsh and fsh farming

The 48 production units available for the creation of aquaculture farms are distributed by zone as follows:

Number of available Area of each Zone Activity production units unit in Ha

Tioughza 35 15 Shellfsh

Sidi Ifni 13 25 Fish farming

Opportunities of Investment in Aquaculture 9 APPENDIX 1 TARGET SPECIES AND TECHNIQUES

Target species (non-exhaustive list)

Shellfsh: Oyster, Mussel, Clam, Abalone

Oyster Mussel Clam Abalone

Crassostrea Mytilus galloprovincialis Ruditapes Haliotis gigas et Perna perna decussatus tuberculata

Fish: Meagre, Seabass, Seabream, Amberjack

Meagre Seabass Seabream Amberjack

Argyrosomus regius Dicentrarchus labrax Sparus aurata Seriola dumerili

10 Opportunities of Investment in Aquaculture Some used techniques

Species Techniques

Shellfish

Long lines Long lines

Fish

Floating cages

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