Odd Lots · Friday, August 7, 2026
Despite Morocco's ban on frozen sardine exports due to overfishing concerns, the country is preserving its canning infrastructure and continuing to export canned sardines. This is possible because the ban specifically targets frozen exports, allowing Morocco to maintain its significant industry by processing the raw material for its own canned products.
“That is that is correct there? There are certainly canaries and cannery infrastructure in morac but so much of the of the raw material from the Moroccan sardine fishery was being exported to Spain.”
“I think it was like ninety percent of the raw material in Spanish canneries of sardines was coming from Morocco.”
“So Morocco is protecting his raw material and is able to maintain its industry. It's very meaningful large industry of exporting can sardines.”