Morocco faces the headache of orca attacks

Zakia Driouich, Secretary of State for Maritime Fisheries, declared that attacks by orcas, notably the Orcinus orca, against fishing boats are neither hostile nor violent, assuring that the government is leading efforts to combat this phenomenon.

Responding to a question from the Haraki group in the House of Representatives, Zakia Driouich indicated that the National Fisheries Research Institute is intensifying its research to find an explanation for the behavior of orcas and determine urgent measures to be taken to reduce these attacks on boats. fishing. The Institute is also active in collecting information from fishermen in order to further analyze the reasons for the attacks of these orcas.