The fishing villages located in the Oued Eddahab-Lagouira region are currently experiencing strong momentum following the opening last week of the summer octopus fishing season in the area between Sidi Lghazi (south of Boujdour) and Lagouira. This decision by the Ministry of Agriculture and Maritime Fisheries, which comes in accordance with the provisions of the octopus fishery management plan, follows a halt in octopus fishing since the end of last March and takes into account the opinion of the National Institute for Fisheries Research (INRH). According to the Maritime Fisheries Delegation in Dakhla, the overall octopus quota for this season, which will last until 4 August, is set at 5,500 tonnes, distributed across the three fishing segments (3,465 tonnes for the offshore segment, 605 for the coastal segment, and 1,430 for the artisanal segment). The quota granted to sub-unit 1 (Cape 7, Boujdour centre, and Sidi Lghazi) is set at 700 tonnes, distributed between the three fishing sites of Sidi Laghazi (140 tonnes), Boujdour centre (315), and Aftissat (245). Offshore trawlers are authorised to operate beyond 12 nautical miles, while the size of the coastal fleet is set at 150 vessels. The artisanal segment of Dakhla is composed of boats operating from the sites of Labouirda, Lassargua, Ntireft, and Imoutlane. The octopus quota for the last season (winter season which ended at the end of March) was around 21,000 tonnes. The average price of a kilogram of octopus at the fish markets in the four artisanal fishing villages in the Oued Eddahab-Lagouira region is 80 DH. Artisanal fishing, and mainly octopus fishing, provides significant income for the fishermen of Dakhla. This region is characterised by the abundance and diversity of fishery resources inhabiting these maritime spaces. The fishing villages located in this region, namely those of N’tireft, Lassarga, Labouira, and Lamhiriz, benefit from an efficient commercial circuit, equipped fish markets, premises for equipment, and housing for fishermen, the creation of which falls within the framework of the fishing villages programme in the region, whose main objective is the creation of true micro-poles of development generating regional socio-economic prosperity. Let us recall that a group of Moroccan and Australian investors is interested in the significant potential of the aquaculture sector in the bay of Oued Eddahab, which has an ecosystem particularly favourable for the development of this type of activity. These investors will build a shellfish farming unit in the bay of Dakhla, endowed with a total amount of more than 30 million dollars, which should allow for the creation of more than 400 direct and indirect jobs.