1. FISHERIE SECTOR IN ALGERIA MINISTRY OF FISHING AND FISHERIES RESOURCES DEMOCRATIC AND POPULAR REPUBLIC OF ALGERIA JULLY 2005

2. SUMMARY GENERAL DATA ON THE COUNTRY SECTOR OF FISHING IN ALGERIA – PROBLEMS AND CONTRAINTS SOME DATA ON THE SECTOR IN 2004

3. Map of AlgeriaMap of AlgeriaMap of AlgeriaMap of Algeria General data on Algeria Country: Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria Political and economic capital: Algiers Borders: East: Lybia and Tunisia West: Morocco and western Sahara South: Mauritania, Malie and Niger North: Mediterranean sea Surface: 2 381 741 square km Population: more than thirty millions at 1998

4. National language: Arabic; Second language: French Ores: oil, gas and phosphate; Agriculture: wheat, dates, grapevine and olive Industry: oil chemistry; mechanical, electronic and steel industry; Climate: Mediterranean moderate; Sites archaeological: Tassili, Hoggar, Tipaza, … National language: Arabic; Second language: French Ores: oil, gas and phosphate; Agriculture: wheat, dates, grapevine and olive Industry: oil chemistry; mechanical, electronic and steel industry; Climate: Mediterranean moderate; Sites archaeological: Tassili, Hoggar, Tipaza, …

5. 1 - introduction For a long time, the sector of the fishing has been aligned among the sectors not strategic. since 2000 the sector is hoisted to the ranks of the productive sectors. It is thanks to the new politics of development. The Ministry of Fishing and Fisheries Resources is the central organ of the business management of the fishing in Algeria. It is charged of development general politics of the sector. The execution structures of this policy are distribute in two categories:

6. 1- 1-Central department There are five departments: - Department of aquaculture development ; - Department of maritime and oceanic fishing; - Department of the formation, research and the popularization; - Department of regulation; - Department of general means; 1-2- Department of the prefectures There are 14 maritime prefectures and 07 internal prefecture. 1- 1-Central department There are five departments: - Department of aquaculture development ; - Department of maritime and oceanic fishing; - Department of the formation, research and the popularization; - Department of regulation; - Department of general means; 1-2- Department of the prefectures There are 14 maritime prefectures and 07 internal prefecture.

7. 2- Staff and material means The staff working in these different structures is constituted of the engineers and technicians in. - Aquacultures, fishing and statistical; - Jurists; The number is about twenty by department of prefecture and about hundred in the seat of the ministry.

8. 2-1-Formation It is assured by six schools of formations of sailors fishers, and one institute of formation of fishing technicians. 2-2-Research The center of research of the sector is the National Center of Documentation for the Fishing and the Aquaculture.

9. 3 - The activities assured by the Ministry of the Fishing and the Fisheries Resources 3-1 - Development of the sector policy The sector policy is elaborated every five years; 3-2 Regulation of the fishing activities Development of the texts to regulate the fishing activity;. 3-3 - Assessment of the fisheries resources Assessment and follow-up of the fishing resource by the center of research.

10. 3-4 - Management of the fisheries resources the management of the fisheries resource intervenes on: -The periods of closing of the fishing; -The regulation on the used contraptions; -The regulation of the stitches of the nets; -The regulation on the fishing grounds; 3-5 - The support to the projects of aquaculture and fishing by: -Technical support and financial of the projects of aquaculture; - Financial helps to the projects of fishing. 3-4 - Management of the fisheries resources the management of the fisheries resource intervenes on: -The periods of closing of the fishing; -The regulation on the used contraptions; -The regulation of the stitches of the nets; -The regulation on the fishing grounds; 3-5 - The support to the projects of aquaculture and fishing by: -Technical support and financial of the projects of aquaculture; - Financial helps to the projects of fishing.

11. 3-6 - Execution of the formation policy by: - Development of the formation programs; - Development of the formation card 3-7 -Organization of the fishers communities The fishing and aquaculture room assures the organization of the fishers communities in associations.

12. 3-8-The Budget of the Ministry The budget on five years (2003 to 2007) is 123 Million $US.

13. Example: 5-Problems and Constraints of fisheries community development in the port of Elkala Description of the site The port of Elkala is a small fishing port, situated to the east of the country on the border with Tunisia.

14. a-The infrastructures Absence of The sale covered market on the port. fish is sold on the embankment. only three small units of boats repair; Only one factory of ice; Bad maintenance of the port (silting up); Difficulty of access to the port by bad weather; Absence of the sleep-way to dry boats; Absence of cold rooms.

15. b-The fleet - More than 90% of the flotilla is artisanal; - The middle age of the flotilla is over 20 years; - The lack of fishing material doesn't allow the boats to be going very far to look for fish; - Lack of facilities of navigation and communication on board of the boats. ( only VHF and Sounder);

16. c-team marine 84% of these fishers don't have any specialized formation. The conception and the installation of the nets (dragnets) is made by only one specialist. d-Feature of the captures The main captured species are represented by Blue fish, White fish and crustaceans

19. e-Types of fishing gears used f-Merchandising of fish Fish is sold in the big cities.The means of transportation used are the refrigerated trucks. g- Fishers remuneration The fishers are paid to the part on the profits. This system poses a big problem of inequality between the fishers. e-Types of fishing gears used The dragnets The seines The gill net The lines f-Merchandising of fish Fish is sold in the big cities.The means of transportation used are the refrigerated trucks. g- Fishers remuneration The fishers are paid to the part on the profits. This system poses a big problem of inequality between the fishers.

21. h-Monthly middle income of the fishers commander between 420 and 1300 Dollars US Mechanic between 625 and 840 Dollars sailor Between 140 and 280 Dollars h-Monthly middle income of the fishers commander between 420 and 1300 Dollars US Mechanic between 625 and 840 Dollars sailor Between 140 and 280 Dollars

22. The amounts of investments in the sector of the fishing are : The trawlers 400 000 $ The seiners300 000 $ Small boat 10 000 $ i-The prices Examples of the prices of some species: Sardina pilchardus of 1 to 1,5 Dollars / kg; of 6 to 8 Dollars/kg; Parapenaeus longirostris of 8 to 12 dollars/kg ; The amounts of investments in the sector of the fishing are : The trawlers 400 000 $ The seiners300 000 $ Small boat 10 000 $ i-The prices Examples of the prices of some species: Sardina pilchardus of 1 to 1,5 Dollars / kg; Mululs surmuletus of 6 to 8 Dollars/kg; Parapenaeus longirostris of 8 to 12 dollars/kg ;

23. j-Social - The middle age of the sailors is of 32 years, married with three children; -The possession of a car is not accessible to all fishers; - The marine fishers of the small boat make a double function to be able to survive; -The associations of the marine fishers lack efficiency in their organization;

24. THE MAINS PORTS IN ALGERIA

25. Port of TIPAZA

26. Port of TIZI-OUZOU

27. Port of BENI-SAF

28. Port of HONIENE

29. Port of ZIAMA

30. PORT OF ANNABA

31. PORT OF SKIKDA

32. 5-General information on the fishing sector in Algeria 5-1-General data in 2004 30 ports of fishing exist in Algeria; The maritime fishing surface is estimated to more of nine millions hectares; The production reached 141 528 tons ; The fish food ratio is 5,12 Kg/h/year; The returns of the sector for the public treasure are of 485,7 Million $US; The national flotilla recorded is of 3292 units; The total maritime population is estimated to 34046 sailors;

33. The infrastructures and the superstructures are: - 45 retail outlets of fishing material; - 36 factories of ice; - 20 tunnels of congealment; - 24 units of transformation; - 119 associations of fishers 5-2-Import and export of the fishing products Imports in Million Dollars 16,54 exports in Million Dollars 6,88 The infrastructures and the superstructures are: - 45 retail outlets of fishing material; - 36 factories of ice; - 20 tunnels of congealment; - 24 units of transformation; - 119 associations of fishers 5-2-Import and export of the fishing products Imports in Million Dollars 16,54 exports in Million Dollars 6,88

34. 5-3-The relative laws to the exercise of the fishing -All person exercising the professional fishing must have a professional booklet; -The authorization of fishing is obligatory for: - the commercial and scientific fishing; - the fishing of the big fisher migratory; 5-4-The fishing grounds The fishing is practiced in the following zones: - inside the six nautical miles; - outside of the six nautical miles; - to the large

35. Conclusion To start again the sector of fishing in Algeria, it is necessary of: - To know well the sector in its socio economic aspect; - To know the resource well; - To develop the community of fishers.

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