Dissatisfied with the latest decisions of the fisheries department which they deem arbitrary, the fishermen of Dakhla organised a sit-in in front of the regional fisheries delegation to express their dissatisfaction. Officers and fishermen affiliated with the National Federation of Officers and Fishermen of Morocco organised the first of a series of sit-ins that they intend to continue until their demands are met.

The demonstrators asked the concerned authorities to put an end to the violations that characterise the department and which concern the sale of octopus quotas, depriving the fisherman of his right and inciting him to exercise illegally. To this is added the lack of control of registered boats, which has led to their intrusion and the mess that the sector is experiencing, thus putting the country's security in danger.

It should be noted that the fishermen continue to oppose the services of the ONSSA and the regulatory deductions for the CNSS. At a time, they say, when the fisherman is subjected to great pressure and when all his rights guaranteed by the law and the Constitution are flouted, the management does not want to receive any complaints from the fishermen.

The sit-in of the fishermen comes following the demands of fishing professionals at the port of Dakhla whose boats remained at anchor for more than 12 hours waiting to be supplied with unified plastic crates estimated at 2,000 units per boat. According to sources, only 15 boats out of 50 were able to receive their share of crates, which would have accentuated the anger of the professionals. The latter, however, refrained from going out to fish, in solidarity with their colleagues, on the one hand, but also and above all to denounce the cronyism that characterised the distribution of the first batch of crates, declaring that the ONP would have done better to refrain from distributing the crates given that it does not have sufficient quantities for all the boats. Furthermore, some dissatisfied people asked for the opening of an investigation to find out what became of the 400 million dirhams allocated to the acquisition of the crates and to determine the responsibilities in the management of the stock of these crates which would be marketed outside the borders of the Kingdom.