Fishing and aquaculture sector
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General issues of the sectors

General data :

Annual production estimated at 150 000 tons composed of small pelagic (sardine and anchovy);
Qverage exploitation of 2.2 million of HAS over the entire area under national jurisdiction estimated 9.5 million of HAS;
Growing aquaculture with a production of about 500 tons;
Current consumption: 4.58 Kg/inhabitant/year.
Current fisheries production: 130,120 t (2009)
Current aquaculture and continental production: 2154 T (2009)
Import: 18 200.939 tons (2 038 218 000 DA or 31.383 million USD) (2009)
Export: 3121.6 tons (975.68 million DA or 15.11 million USD ) (year 2009)

The number of projects registered at ANDI for the period 2002-2012 in the area:

* Fishing: 290 projects.

* Aquaculture: 15 projects

Amount: Million of DZD

Opportunities offered by the sector:

Acquisition of fishing ships;
Acquisition of fishing materials and equipments;
Rehabilitation and re-mechanisation of ships;
Support units for production means (means of careening, lifting, drying ships,
Construction and repairing ships and manufacturing of fishing materials);
Support units for production (cold chain, refrigerated warehouses and tunnels of
Freezing, transformation and distribution);
Marine aquaculture;
Continental aquaculture;
Saharan aquaculture acquisition

Schools and training centers: