An industrial fish canning unit was inaugurated on Thursday in Dakhla, as part of the promotion of investments in the sector of the valorization of fishing products and the strengthening of the industrial fabric of the Dakhla-Oued Eddahab region.
This new industrial unit was inaugurated by the Secretary of State to the Minister of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Development and Water and Forests, in charge of Maritime Fisheries, Zakia Driouich.
This unit is part of the strategic orientations of the Halieutis strategy roadmap, aiming to strengthen the industrial fabric of the region, to develop the production and valorization of high value-added fishery products, and to generate jobs.
Mobilizing an investment of 120 million dirhams (MDH) over an area of 5,200 m², this new industrial unit will create more than 350 direct jobs during the first phase, and will reach 600 direct jobs in the second phase relating to the extension of the project.
The annual production of this unit will start with more than 42 million cans of fish for domestic and international markets in the first phase, reaching 84 million cans of fish in the second phase.
This project is part of a global integrated project for an investment of 500 MDH, including the production, valorization and freezing of fisheries resources in Dakhla aimed at supplying the unit with raw materials.
-In a statement to the press, Ms. Driouich stressed that this unit represents the 6th cannery in Dakhla, indicating that in 2025, two other cannery units will strengthen the industrial fabric.
Previously, Dakhla only had freezing units, noted Ms. Driouich, noting that the industrial fabric has now been strengthened by the establishment of several canneries, mobilizing a total investment which exceeds one billion dirhams.
Furthermore, she recalled that the Halieutis strategy, launched by HM King Mohammed VI in 2009, is based on three pillars, namely the sustainability of the resource, performance and valorization.
Earlier in the day, Ms. Driouich made a field visit to several investment projects in the high value added fisheries development sector.
