production target of 7000 t and actual production of 920 t. Total aquaculture
production in Algeria in 2017 was 1543 t: 970 t of sea bream, 407 of sea bass, and
166 of mussels. Nevertheless, statistics data in 2014 from FAO point out a lower
production (http://www.fao.org/fishery/countrysector/naso_algeria/en).
Table 20.2 gives the geographical distribution of the production sites in 2018. A
total of 30 marine aquaculture projects were in production, 15 in shellfish culture
(mussels, oysters) and 15 in fish farming (sea bass, sea bream, Fig. 20.21). Forty
percent of shellfish farming projects and 73% of fish farming projects were located
on the Algerian west coast between Chlef and Ain Temouchent. The shores of the
Alboran Sea which represent 12% of the length of the total Algerian coastline
accounted for 20% of shellfish projects and 33% of fish projects, i.e., around 27%
of all aquaculture facilities.
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Inland fisheries
Shellfish farming
Marine pisciculture
Freshwater pisciculture
Fig. 20.20 Evolution of aquaculture production in Algeria between 2000 and 2014
Table 20.2 Geographical distribution of the number of aquaculture projects in production on the
Algerian coasts (places in bold are located in the Alboran Sea)
Place
Shellfish culture
Fish culture
Total
East
Jijel
1
0
1
Béjaïa
3
1
4
Center
Tizi-Ouzou
1
1
2
Boumerdes
0
1
1
Alger
1
0
1
Tipaza
3
1
4
West
Chlef
1
4
5
Mostaganem
2
2
4
Oran
2
1
3
Ain Temouchent
1
4
5
Total
15
15
30
20 Aquaculture in the Alboran Sea
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