HIBAPRESS-RABAT-PRESS RELEASE
The Department of Maritime Fisheries announced, yesterday Monday, the lifting of the ban on the collection and marketing of shellfish products collected in the shellfish growing zone classified as Imi Ouaddar, falling within the Agadir region.
The Technical Committee responsible for monitoring the marine environment and shellfish examined the results of analyzes carried out by the National Institute of Fisheries Research (INRH), in the shellfish growing zone classified as Imi Ouaddar (Agadir Region), showing a stability of the environment and total purification of shellfish products in this area.
Consequently, the Department recommends that consumers “only purchase packaged products, bearing identification health labels and sold in authorized points of sale (official markets)”.
Shellfish hawked or sold in bulk provide no guarantee of safety and constitute a danger to public health.
