Madar (Nouakchott) - Mauritania's Minister of Fisheries and Maritime and Port Infrastructure, Aissata Lam, on Thursday, October 29, 2026, the second day of her visit to Nouadhibou, toured the site of the planned deep-water port in Cansado, the Mauritanian coast guard harbour and the Baie du Repos port, accompanied by the governor of Dakhlet Nouadhibou, the Mauritanian News Agency reported.
At the deep-water port site, the minister was briefed on progress of the studies, funding, timeline, area and components of the project, though the agency published no figures. She also visited the coast guard harbour on the road between the city centre and Cansado and watched a drill on rescue at sea and marine fire-fighting.
At the Baie du Repos port, she was briefed on the ongoing modernisation project and on the rehabilitation of the old market, now in its final stages, while the digitisation of data on active vessels continues after more than 8,000 were counted.
The minister began her day at the marine life museum of the Mauritanian Institute for Oceanographic and Fisheries Research and its laboratories, where she was briefed on the state of fish stocks and exploitation levels, before visiting the supply department of the Mauritanian fish marketing company.
On the first day she visited sanitary inspection labs and the commercial quay works at the Autonomous Port of Nouadhibou.
