A south Mediterranean country's demand on available marine biomass: assessment of Algerian fisheries sustainability

Sonia Akrour () and Samir Grimes ()
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Sonia Akrour: Dely Ibrahim University
Samir Grimes: Dely Ibrahim University

Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, 2024, vol. 26, issue 4, No 50, 9439-9453

Abstract: Abstract This study focuses on fishing activity, specifically the extraction of marine resources in the Algerian coastal and offshore zones. This sector is expected to meet several objectives and contribute to Algeria's food security. Seafood is a significant source of protein and is highly favoured by Algeria's coastal communities. However, with limited data available describing the biomass that could be exploited, the pressure could eventually increase on a common stock that is shared by all users and is already regarded as poorly studied. Against this backdrop, this work considers the estimation of the marine footprint, which is the ratio between the demand of each fished species, known as the required primary production, and the available biomass in terms of primary production of Algerian fishing waters. The latter is derived from the literature, relying on studies covering the considered area. The main study findings outline a marine footprint ratio that does not exceed 1%, demonstrating a sustainable fishing activity. However, the obtained results, i.e., low marine footprint percentage, may imply that the available marine biomass in the Algerian fishing zones is not fully exploited.

Keywords: Marine footprint; Mediterranean; Algerian fisheries; Required Primary Production (PPR) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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