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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


▪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


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 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

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Octopus production evolution from 2000 à 2013In high seas

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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

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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-


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


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