Regulations

Laws

Dahir No. 1-69-45 of 4 Hijja 1388 (February 21, 1969) relating to the National Fisheries Office, as amended and supplemented…
Dahir enacting Law No. 1-73-255 of 27 Chaoual 1393 (November 23, 1973) establishing regulations on maritime fishing (Official Bulletin No. 3187), as amended and supplemented.
Dahir No. 1-88-179 of 22 Rabi I 1414 (September 10, 1993) promulgating Law No. 17-88 relating to the indication of expiry dates on canned and similar products and packaged beverages intended for human or animal consumption.
Dahir No. 1-96-98 of 12 Rabi I 1417 (July 29, 1996) promulgating Law No. 48-95 establishing the National Institute of Fisheries Research (Official Bulletin No. 4428 of November 7, 1996).
Dahir No. 1-97-88 of 23 Kaada 1417 (April 2, 1997) promulgating Law No. 4-97 establishing the statute of maritime fisheries chambers.

Dahir No. 1-10-08 of 26 Safar 1431 (February 11, 2010) promulgating Law No. 28-07 on the sanitary safety of food products.
Dahir No. 1-10-201 of 14 Rabi I 1432 (February 18, 2011) promulgating Law No. 52-09 establishing the National Agency for the Development of Aquaculture.
Dahir No. 1-11-43 of 29 Jumada II 1432 (June 2, 2011) promulgating Law No. 14-08 on fish auctioning (Official Bulletin No. 5956 bis of 27 Rajab 1432 / June 30, 2011, pp. 1776–1780).
Dahir No. 1-11-84 promulgating Law No. 29-05 on the protection of wild fauna and flora species and the control of their trade.
Dahir No. 1-14-95 of 12 Rajab 1435 (May 12, 2014) promulgating Law No. 15-12 on the prevention and fight against illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, amending and supplementing Dahir No. 1-73-255 of 27 Shawwal 1393 (November 23, 1973) establishing maritime fishing regulations (Official Bulletin No. 6262, June 2014).
Dahir No. 1-16-54 of 9 Rajab 1437 (April 27, 2016) promulgating Law No. 59-14 on the acquisition, construction, and refitting of fishing vessels (Official Bulletin No. 6466 of May 19, 2016).

Decrees

Decree No. 2-74-531 of 9 Rabi' II 1395 (April 21, 1975) concerning the management of fish markets located within the ports of the Kingdom by the National Fisheries Office.
Decree No. 2-92-1026 of 4 Rajab 1413 (December 29, 1992) setting the conditions and procedures for the issuance and renewal of fishing licenses in the exclusive economic zone (Official Bulletin No. 4183 bis of December 30, 1992).
Decree No. 2-91-244 of 25 Muharram 1414 (July 16, 1993) regulating octopus fishing in Dakhla Bay and prohibiting the use of certain fishing gear in and off said bay (Official Bulletin No. 4214 of August 4, 1993).
Decree No. 2-94-577 of 22 Rabi' I 1415 (August 31, 1994) delegating authority to the Minister of Maritime Fisheries and Merchant Marine to set the conditions for practicing fixed-net fishing (Official Bulletin No. 4271 of September 7, 1994).
Decree No. 2-94-931 of 18 Sha'ban 1415 (Official Bulletin of January 20, 1995) establishing a parafiscal tax called "freight tax" for pelagic species fishing, for the benefit of the National Fisheries Office.
Decree No. 2-97-177 of 5 Dhu al-Hijjah 1419 (Official Bulletin of March 23, 1999) relating to the transport of perishable foodstuffs.
Decree No. 2-95-908 of 18 Muharram 1420 (May 5, 1999) issued for the implementation of Law No. …

Decree No. 2-09-674 of 30 Rabi' I 1431 (March 17, 2010) setting the conditions and procedures for the installation and use on board fishing vessels of a continuous positioning and tracking system using satellite communications for data transmission (Official Bulletin No. 5826 of April 1, 2010).
Decree No. 2-10-122 of 23 Rajab 1431 (July 6, 2010) establishing the National Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (Official Bulletin of August 5, 2010).
Decree No. 2-10-164 of 7 Jumada I 1432 (April 11, 2011) setting the conditions and procedures for fishing marine species requiring specific regulations due to local practices or special circumstances (Official Bulletin No. 5940 of May 5, 2011).
Decree No. 2-10-341 of 7 Jumada I 1432 (April 11, 2011) implementing Law No. 19-07 amending and supplementing Dahir forming Law No. 1-73-255 of 27 Shawwal 1393 (November 23, 1973) establishing maritime fishing regulations (Official Bulletin No. 5940 of May 5, 2011).
Decree No. 2-10-473 of 7 Shawwal 1432 (September 6, 2011) implementing certain provisions of Law No. 28-07 on the sanitary safety of food products (Official Bulletin No. 5984 of October 6, 2011, p. 2193).
Decree No. 2-10-252 of 16 Jumada I 1432 (April 20, 2011) implementing Law No. 12-06 on standardization, certification, and accr…

Orders

Minister of Maritime Fisheries and Merchant Navy Order No. 1154-88 of 20 Safar 1409 (3 October 1988) establishing the minimum commercial size of species fished in Moroccan maritime waters (BO. No. 3962 of 5 October 1988).
Minister of Maritime Fisheries and Merchant Navy Order No. 955-92 of 14 Hijjah 1412 (16 June 1992) concerning the temporary fishing ban on certain species (BO. No. 4259 of 15 July 1992).
Minister of Maritime Fisheries and Merchant Navy Order No. 31-95 of 16 Sha'ban 1415 (18 January 1995) setting the conditions for issuing foreign vessel chartering authorizations for fishing pelagic species in the southern zone.
Minister of Agriculture and Maritime Fisheries Order No. 3279-10 of 10 Moharram 1432 (16 December 2010) concerning the "Small Pelagic Fisheries of the Southern Atlantic," as amended and supplemented.
Minister of Agriculture and Maritime Fisheries Order No. 3338-10 of 10 Moharram 1432 (16 December 2010) regarding the positioning and tracking system for fishing vessels (BO No. 5936 of 21 April 2011).
Minister of Agriculture and Maritime Fisheries Order No. 1654-12 of 17 Jumada I 1433 (9 April 2012) concerning the temporary fishing ban on certain shark species.
Minister of Agriculture and Maritime Fisheries Order No. 2063-12 of 7 Rajab 1433 (29 May 2012) setting the model for the application for authorization to operate in the fish market, the specimen of the fish market register, and the models for the fishmonger card, its potential extracts, and the temporary fishmonger card issued. BO No. 6062 of 15 Sha'ban 1433 (5 July 2012);
Minister of Agriculture and Maritime Fisheries Order No. 244-13 of 4 Rabi' I 1434 (16 January 2013) regarding the authorization and approval of the sanitary conditions of establishments and enterprises in the animal feed and food sectors, excluding retail sales and collective catering.

Joint Order of the Minister of Agriculture and Maritime Fisheries and the Minister of Health No. 983-13 of 9 Joumada I 1434 (March 21, 2013) setting the forms and procedures for medical surveillance of personnel in establishments and companies in the food sector, as well as the list of diseases and infections that could contaminate food products.
Order of the Minister of Agriculture and Maritime Fisheries No. 1176-13 of 27 Joumada I 1434 (April 8, 2013) regulating the fishing of swordfish.
Order of the Minister of Agriculture and Maritime Fisheries No. 4195-14 of 2 Safar 1436 (November 25, 2014) regulating the fishing of certain species of hake.
Order of the Minister of Agriculture and Maritime Fisheries No. 4196-14 of 2 Safar 1436 (November 25, 2014) concerning the small pelagic fishery of the North-Mediterranean Atlantic and the small pelagic fishery of the Central Atlantic.
Order of the Minister of Agriculture and Maritime Fisheries No. 3873-15 of 8 Safar 1437 (November 20, 2015) setting the list of private laboratories accredited by the National Office for Food Safety of Food Products.