NORTH AFRICA AND THE NEAR EAST 



Shrimp are found along most of the southern shores of the 

 Mediterranean and as far south on the Atlantic side of the Continent^ 

 of Africa as the Canary Islands. Morocco, Egypt, Algeria, and Tunisia 

 all have some shrimp production. However, the catch is small in re- 

 lation to total fish catch. In Morocco, for example, the catch is only 

 incidental to the extensive fishing operations for sardines. 



Shrimp fishing is carried on along the shores of the eastern 

 Mediterranean, and northward to the contiguous waters of the Aegean Sea. 

 Israeli vessels fish in adjacent coastal waters while the Turks have a 

 small fleet based on the Gulf of Iskenderun. 



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