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Structure of Mehdia Port of The Maritime Fishing Fleet, Production, and Demographic Characteristics, Fishermen(Morocco)

. Elmassmari Fatima Zahra, Daiboun Thami Laboratory Of Territories, Environment, And Development, Faculty Of Human And Social Sciences, University Of Ibn Tofail, Morocco.


Abstract

Sea fishing is a major source of human and animal nutrition and of the employment and employment of labor. Thus, many fishing ports have been established in coastal marine areas. However, not all of these ports have the chance to evolve in their development. Thus, a diagnosis of the state of the port is a necessity to characterize the port and to determine the constraints which oppose its evolution. In this work we applied a diagnosis on the condition in 2017 of the port of Mehdia (port of the city of Kenitre, Morocco). The results show that the Mehdia fleet is traditional and made up 93 % of boat. The population of fishermen is largely old and has little or no education, which blocks their training and their power to acquire new fishing techniques. This tradition of the fishing fleet, the low level of education and the large fraction of the elderly among fishing seafarers greatly reduce the quantity, quality and diversity of the fishery product. The results further show that the division of young people among sinners is weak, which affects the future of this profession. The risks and insufficient health coverage attributed to practitioners of this profession are the main causes.

Keywords: Maritime Fishing Fleet, Fishermen, Production, Mehdia Port, Morocco

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