KINGDOM OF MOROCCO
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries,
Rural development, Water and Forests
Department OF Maritime Fisheries
–Maroc-
Bangkok- february 2019
Moroccan MCS Stratery: Impacts on IUU fishing?
Maritime fisheries developmentstrategy
Table of contents
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Fisheries sector potentialities
Undertaken actions to tackle IUU fishing
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Constraints6
SCS measures impacts on IUU fishing
4 Institutional, jurisdictional and procedures renforcement
Data on the fishing sector in Morocco
ZEE 1,1 Million km²
Coastline 3500 km
Production 1 368 000 tonnes, 1st producer in Africa
Valeur 1 113 965 811, 35 EURO
Exportations 8,5 % in total exportations and 44% a in Agri-food exports
Contribution to the national GDP
2,5%
Employment 660,000 direct and indirect jobs, approximately 3 million people live
Destination of products ▪The European Union remains the leading destination with a market share of 64%, followed by Africa (15%) and Asia (11%).
Fisheries fleet ▪ 554 offshore fishing vesselCoastal Fleet: 2509Artisanal fleet: 17 103
The fisheries sector potentialities and the socio-economic benefits
for the country
Fisheries developpement startegy « Halieutis »
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Performance
▪ Promotion of scientific research
▪ Fisheries management plans
▪ Fight agaist IUU fishing
▪ Standardized containers
▪ Creation of FV / Equipped LP▪ Wholesale fish markets▪ Fisheries harbors management
▪ New generation fish markets
▪Fisheries competitivenessclusters
L’atteinte des orientations d’Halieutis passe par la mise en œuvre de plusieurs projets
▪ Elimination of the drifnet fishing
▪ Ibhar
▪ Promotion aquaculture
▪ VMS and RFID
▪Labeling and promotion of fish products
▪Facilitating access of professionals to the raw
material
▪Reorganization of the fish trade activity
Projects declined from the strategic axes of "Haleutis"
Impact des mesures de suivi, contrôle et surveillance mis en place par le Maroc
▪Strengthening the legal framework
▪Strengthening the institutional framework
▪Establishment of procedures, means and technical tools
The taken actions to combat IUU fishing
Strengthening the national legal arsenal in the fight against IUU fishing Compliance with the provisions of international instruments
Law No. 15-12 to prevent and fight IUU fishing , modifying and completing the DahirNo. 1-73-255 of 27 chaoual 1393 (23 November 1973) forming a regulation on sea fishing
Accreditation and sanitary authorizationA requirement of Law 28-07Promulgation of Law 14-08
concerning the fish trade
Promulgation of Law n ° 15-12 to prevent and fight againstIUU fishing in 2014
❑ Determines the rules to be respected by foreign fishing
vessels to land and / or transship fishery products in
Moroccan ports
❑ Sets measures to ensure that fish products marketed in
Morocco are not from IUU fishing.
❑ Integrates several provisions of the 2009 (PSM) Agreement
Law No. 15-12 to prevent and fight IUU fishing , modifying and completing the Dahir No. 1-73-255 of 27 chaoual 1393 (23 November 1973) forming a regulation on sea fishing
Promulgation of Law n ° 15-12 to prevent and fight against
IUU fishing in 2014
▪ Prohibits the marketing of undeclared catches
▪ Rules to be respected by foreigner fishing vessels to land and
/ or transship fishing products in Moroccan ports;
▪ Foreign Vessel Inspection System;
▪ Regulates fishing outside the EEZ by vessels flying the
national flag;
▪ Catch certificate attesting the legality of the catches on
import and export of fish products;
▪ Fishery conservation and management measures (fishing log,
etc.);
▪ Register of vessels engaged in IUU fishing.
▪ Typology of offenses
Law No. 15-12 to prevent and fight IUU fishing , modifying and completing the Dahir No. 1-73-255 of 27 chaoual 1393 (23 November 1973) forming a regulation on sea fishing
▪Individuals authorized to record offenses under Part I of Law 15-12;
▪Modalities of training of the inspectors are fixed by regulation;
▪Rules and inspection procedures are set by regulation;
▪Inspection report is established according to the forms and methods fixed by regulation;
▪Inspection and control procedure for domestic and foreign vessels;
▪Inspection report template is set by regulation
Law No. 15-12 to prevent and fight IUU fishing , modifying and completing the Dahir No. 1-73-255 of 27 chaoual 1393 (23 November 1973) forming a regulation on sea fishing
Promulgation of Law n ° 15-12 to prevent and fight againstIUU fishing in 2014
Law 28-07 on the safety of food products
❑The application for authorization and the approval on the sanitary level;
❑Health visits;
❑Issuance, suspension, withdrawal and updating of authorizations and approvals;
❑Program of institutional health visits, including fishing vessels
Accreditation and sanitary authorizationA requirement of Law 28-07
Law 14-08 on the fish trade
❑Sets the conditions under which the trading activity is organized;
❑Determine the criteria that the merchant
must meet to perform the activity.
Regulation and Organization of the fish trade activity through: ▪The definition of the status of the wholesaler; ▪The determination of the rights and obligations incumbent on this profession
❖ Establishment of control structures for Maritime Fishing Activities
❖ Strengthening the role of the General Inspectorate of the Department of Maritime Fisheries
Strengthening the institutional framework
Strengthening the institutional framework
Coordination and Monitoring of the fight against IUU
fishing
Coordinating Service for
Combating IUU Fishing
Monitoring and control service
through the information system
Monitoring of Control and Inspection Operations
Inspection of Fishing Vessel
Inspection and control of the fish
industries
Infringementinvestigation and
treatment
National Center for Fishing Vessel
Monitoring
Exploitation, processing and
analysis of satellite data
Equipment operation control
Maritime Fishery Control Directorate
Décret
n°2-15-
890 du 24
mars
2016
Arrêté
n°15.3788
du 25 mars
2016
National Fishing VesselMonitoring Center
Objectives
Legalbasis
Fishing vessels surveillance
Compliance with the regulations in force
Means
Strengthening the role of the General Inspection of the Department of Maritime Fisheries
❑ Control and inspection of the fisheries activities
❑ Auditing and evaluation of the “Halieutis” strategy projects
❖National control plan
❖Catch certification procedure
❖ VMS for inshore and offshore fishing
❖ RFID for artisanal fishing
Procedures, Means and technical tools
National plan for the control of fishing activities
▪To ensure a planned and effective execution of control through a powerful, perfectible and auditable system.
▪Entered into force in 2017;
▪Declined in 18 regional plans
▪ Pooling, coordination and optimization of the resources allocated to the control fishing activities actions ;
▪ Prioritization and definition of the objectives to be achieved in inspection and control
▪ Harmonization of inspection and control procedures and methodologies
▪ Definition of the execution means
▪ Definition of the means of monitoring (indicators, reporting) for assessments, consequent evaluations and improvement
At a regional level ❑ Implementation at the regional level of the control policy instituted by the Department ensured by 18 DPM
❑Assure the diligent control at the level:
- Landing points for catches and auctions at the first sale.
- Processing establishments and premises on land
Other stakeholders in control at sea and on land:Royal Navy.Royal GendarmerieONSSACUSTOMSEACCE
Establishment of a procedural device relating to the traceability and catch certification
▪In the context of:Implementing of the EU Regulation Aimed to prevent, deter and eliminate IUU fishing: Entered into force on 10 January 2010;- 4486 CC verification requests out of 1,136,704 CC from (2010 to 2013)
▪US Government Regulations for the Establishment of the Seafood Import Monitoring Program (January 9, 2017).
▪The implementation of the management measures of RFMOs (ICCAT)Use of the electronic bluefin tuna catch documentation system
(ICCAT Rec. 15-10); 1109 eBCD for all segments fishing season 2017
bluefin tuna,.
Implementation of RFMO managementmeasures: ICCAT
▪Management Plan for the Bluefin Tuna Fishery;
▪Ministerial Decision TR 01/17 of 24 January 2017 on the
exploitation conditions for bluefin tuna;
▪Operating procedure 2017 setting the rights, obligations of each
party (administration & operators) / the conditions for fishing and
marketing this product.
▪Control scheme of the traps, attached to the operating mode.
▪Fully agrees with the provisions of the ICCAT Recommendation
[14-04 on limitation of fishing capacity.
▪Time closures of blue fin tuna fishing;
▪Use of the electronic bluefin tuna catch documentation system
(ICCAT Rec. 15-10); 1109 eBCD in 2017 bluefin tuna fishing
season segments,.
Bluefin Tuna
Implementation of RFMO managementmeasures: ICCAT
▪Use of the electronic bluefin tuna catch documentation system (ICCAT Rec. 15-10); 1109 eBCD for all 2017 bluefin tuna fishing season segments;
▪Registration of authorized vessels on ICCAT specific registers;
▪Boarding of ICCAT observers assigned by the Commission by the shipowner on board two vessels operating outside the EEZ outside the EEZ;
▪Installation of the VMS system aboard all Moroccan-flagged vessels directly and actively targeting bluefin tuna since the 2008 fishing season. This system complies with the standards set by ICCAT and whose messages are transmitted to the secretariat of the ICCAT. ICCAT.
Bluefin Tuna
SURVEILLANCE PAR VMS :
▪Monitor the fishing activity in real time and preserve the Moroccan fishery resources;▪Scientific research requires reliable data on fisheries; ▪Ensuring better safety of fishermen
▪Better protection of the fisheries resources ▪A source of very useful information for scientific research and control plan▪ Easy rescue thanks to a distress call device
Context
Achievements
Impacts
▪Equipment of 2200 vessels with VMS tags ▪Operationalization of the National Fishing Vessel Monitoring Center
Project for the identification of national small-scale fishing boats by radio frequency (RFID)
Impact des mesures de suivi, contrôle et surveillance mis en place par le Maroc
Impact of monitoring, control and surveillance measures put in place
by Morocco
-VMS and RFID
• Developed fishing areas are more respected (no-go areas, biological rest).
• Availability of data on activity zones for INRH
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Catches certification
• Strong pressure on the informal sector by the obligation to report landed catches and the requirement to certify the catches to be exported.
• Access to demanding international markets for traceability and certification of fishery products
• Compliance with Morocco's commitments to implement management measures for sustainable fisheries
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National control Plan
• Its implementation in regional plans starting from 2017 will allow a better management of the control exercise with better coverage (quantified objectives fixed for each DPM, prior and oriented planning, evaluation).
Contribution of the measures introduced
Reduction of the informal catches
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Octopus production evolution
CF/SSF from 2000 à 2014
PC-PA
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60,000
Octopus production evolution from 2000 à 2013In high seas
PH (**)
Restitution of the octopusstocks
-CF: Coastal fisheries-SSF: Small scale fisheries
Evolution of the national fisheries production
❑1,465,000 tonnes landed in 2016, up 7% compared to 2015. Fishery production represents 88% of the target set by “Halieutis strategy” for 2020 (1,660,000 tonnes)
The measures
introduced have
significantly increased
the amount of fines
collected1,451,850
2,802,306
836,6971,526,797
4,350,380
12,999,724
5,082,980
11,874,391
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 JAN-JUN 2016
Fines in DH
249332
284
580641
542
404
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Infrengement number
infractions
A significant
improvement
in the volume
of findings
from 2012 and
a deterrent
effect due to
VMS
surveillance
felt from 201436 46 13
87108
170
234
0
50
100
150
200
250
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Refinement of the illegal boats
Personnes poursuivies en justice
The fight
against illegal
boats is
intensifying
VMS Role to respect the management measures on the prohibited areas /
disuasion of the IUU actors
Type of offense (fleet and authorized establishments) -Year 2017-
Offenses by type of fishing (fleet and
authorized establishments) -Year
2017-
Impact des mesures de suivi, contrôle et surveillance mis en place par le Maroc
Constraints and challenges to the organization of the SCS
Legal and institutional
aspect
• Publication of the implementing texts of Law 15-112
• Organizational aspect at the regional level
Humanressources
• Human and material resources (new missions with the implementation of the "Halieutis" strategy): measures to combat IUU fishing: catch certification, National Control Plan; implementation of management plans;
CapacityBuilding
• Human capacity building through training on inspection methods and reporting of offenses
Constraints that hinder performance
from the SCS
Adopt the INN law the port state measures before the ratification of the port state measures agreement,
Computerization of the process of the catch certification for an effective verification and a fluidity of the process, Acquisition of a new software VMS-ERS with possibility of opening to several satellites of communication
State support for the installation of DPLs (VMS) aboard fishing vessels and RFID
Establishment of a national control plan (methodologies, means, values, targets, indicators, reporting ...)
The Halieutis strategy provided the control with an advanced mastery environment (construction of VDPs and PDAs, new fish markets, wholesale markets, standardized containers, organization of the fish trade, management of fishing ports, Investment in electronic and computer resources
Lessons learned from the Moroccan experience
Legal and proceduralstrengthening
Anticipate with membership of the operators
Innovate and improve for safeguarding the resource while avoiding trade constraints
Assist operators for full membership
Put in place a global strategy
Impact des mesures de suivi, contrôle et surveillance mis en place par le Maroc
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