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In Mauritania, artisanal and coastal fishing has considerable assets including a large area of intervention 720 km long, an exclusive non-trawlable coastal fishing area with an accessible fishing potential estimated at over 500,000 tons per year and a artisanal and coastal park of around 4,100 units including 4,022 artisanal boats _{(2008 figures)}.

Despite these advantages, landings would only be 80,000 tons per year for a declared catch potential of 750,000 tons and an estimated workforce of 12,000 artisanal fishermen _{(2008 figures)}.

The weakness of the landing and processing infrastructure seems to be one of the main constraints to the sustainable development (environmental, economic and social) of this buoyant sub-sector.

It is within this framework that the mission entrusted to CETA falls within the scope of the realization of a technical, economic, environmental, social and legal feasibility study of a set of unloading and parking facilities for the units, artisanal and coastal fishing, at the sites identified by the Client.

Four sites were studied within the framework of this project:

Site 1: Nouakchott Fish Market, known as "NKC Fisherman's Beach"
Site 2: Pier at PK 93 (Gweichichi)
Site 3: Pier at PK 144 (Boutreiviya)
Site 4: Ndiago village