Madar (Nouakchott) - Fisheries and Maritime and Port Infrastructure Minister Aissata Lam on Friday, November 13, 2026 made a field visit to Tanit port, accompanied by the governor (wali) of Inchiri, the Mauritanian News Agency (AMI) reported.
The visit covered the port administration, the vessel berth and several facilities under construction, including fish processing and storage plants and an ice factory, according to the same source, which said it was part of monitoring the sector's services and aimed at "identifying the challenges they face and finding solutions as quickly as possible".
The minister chaired a meeting with the port's management, which presented its activity, economic prospects and the main projects under way to develop it and improve its profitability and competitiveness. She was accompanied by the prefect of Benichab, local officials and the heads of the region's security services.
Earlier the same day, the minister visited the Nouakchott headquarters of the inland fisheries and aquaculture development agency, where its director general presented a review of four years of work since the decree establishing it in October 2022, which followed a presidential pledge announced in Tamchekett in July that year, according to AMI.
The minister said inland fisheries and aquaculture are important for Mauritania "despite needing further development", adding that changing mindsets and adopting new practices, particularly in food habits, would help build on results. She said the ministry was ready to mobilise the resources needed to support the agency and its partnerships. The agency is tasked with developing inland water resources to help fight poverty, food insecurity and malnutrition and to keep populations in their home areas.
The two visits are part of the minister's tour of the sector's institutions, which took her in late October to Nouakchott's Friendship Port and then to fishing facilities in Nouadhibou, where she called for turning the sector's efforts into tangible results.
