Agence Nationale Pour Le Développement De L'aquaculture

What Agence Nationale Pour Le Développement De L'aquaculture does

The Agence Nationale pour le Développement de l'Aquaculture (ANDA) is a Moroccan public establishment created in 2011 under Law n°52-09 and operating under the supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Development, Water and Forests. It is the statutory national agency responsible for planning, promoting, and developing marine aquaculture in Morocco, executing the HALIEUTIS national fisheries strategy (originally 2009-2020, extended through 2020-2030). ANDA serves three primary segments: private aquaculture investors, young entrepreneurs, and women's and fishermen's cooperatives, providing them with administrative facilitation, technical guidance, legal counsel, and strategic market intelligence at no cost.

ANDA's core operational assets are two digital platforms. The Plateforme de Projet Aquacole (PPR, hosted at ppr.add.gov.ma/anda/anda-siege) is an online portal through which investors can submit and track aquaculture projects end-to-end. The Géoportail ANDA (geoportail.anda.gov.ma) is a geographic information system that maps designated aquaculture zones across Morocco's coastline, enabling site identification and suitability analysis. Beyond these platforms, ANDA manages three pedagogical farms for training and technical support, and oversees the National Aquaculture Council that coordinates sector stakeholders. The agency tracks 24,000 hectares of designated aquaculture space, more than 400 environmentally-oriented projects, 300,000+ tonnes of production capacity, and has financed 119 projects through a 129 MMAD state fund while catalyzing 6,000+ permanent sector jobs.

As a government agency, ANDA does not generate commercial revenue or charge fees for its services. It is funded through state budget allocations and the aquaculture development fund, with activities explicitly anchored in public-policy objectives (responsible coastal planning, social inclusion, and sectoral development) rather than financial returns. Its go-to-market is enterprise field sales to investors, augmented by self-serve digital onboarding through PPR and the Géoportail, supported by multilingual investment brochures and participation in international conferences such as 'Aquaculture Morocco'.

Name

Agence Nationale Pour Le Développement De L'aquaculture

Legal name

Agence Nationale pour le Développement de l'Aquaculture

Website

https://anda.gov.ma

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

ANDA is Morocco's statutory national agency for marine aquaculture development, supporting private investors, entrepreneurs, and cooperatives with administrative, technical, legal, and strategic services under the HALIEUTIS strategy. It operates dedicated digital platforms (PPR and Géoportail) for project intake and site selection.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Aquaculture Development Services

NAICS

Administration of Environmental Quality Programs (924), Aquaculture (11251), Administration of Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management Programs (924110)

SIC

Agricultural Services (700), Agricultural Prod-Livestock & Animal Specialties (200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAIAMAI

Coastal & Marine Resources Administration (Oceans, Fisheries, Shorelines)

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Environmental Protection & Natural Resources Administration

SECONDARYBPADAMAJ

Economic Research, Statistics & Policy Advisory

Business & Public Services/International Organizations & Development/International Trade & Economic Development

SECONDARYEDAOAOAK

Aquaculture & Fisheries Operations

Education/Vocational, Technical & Trade Education/Agriculture, Horticulture & Skilled Trades

Keywords

• Marine aquaculture development
• Aquaculture investment facilitation
• Government aquaculture agency
• Fisheries sector support
• Aquaculture site identification

Headquarters

HQ city

Rabat

HQ country

Morocco

HQ region

Africa

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

ANDA is Morocco's national government agency for the development of aquaculture. It facilitates aquaculture investment by providing administrative assistance, technical guidance, legal counsel, and strategic monitoring to investors. The agency operates a digital project submission platform (PPR) and a geoportal for identifying suitable aquaculture sites, and publishes investment brochures in multiple languages.

Product overview

ANDA functions as a government development agency rather than a product company. Its core offerings consist of digital platforms for aquaculture investment facilitation (including a project launch portal and geographic information system), combined with advisory services covering administrative procedures, technical guidance, legal counsel, and strategic market intelligence. The agency also publishes investment brochures and manages a regulatory framework for the aquaculture sector.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Plateforme de Projet Aquacole (Project Platform)

Quantifiable outcome

• 119 aquaculture projects financed through state funding of 129 MMAD
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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App detail

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Office National des Pêches (ONP) - Morocco: Morocco's sister national agency for capture fisheries, operating under the same supervising ministry as ANDA. While its mandate is wild-capture rather than aquaculture, ONP provides the closest functional comparison as a Moroccan public establishment with infrastructure, ports, and investor-facing services.
• FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Division: The UN system's lead body on fisheries and aquaculture policy, providing technical guidance, statistics, and capacity building to member states including Morocco. Operates globally rather than nationally, but shares ANDA's core mission of facilitating sustainable aquaculture development.

Regional players

• Turkish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry - General Directorate of Fisheries and Aquaculture: Turkish government directorate responsible for aquaculture policy, licensing, and sector development. Operates in a comparable Mediterranean geography with a substantially larger aquaculture output base, providing a regional benchmark for what mature national aquaculture facilitation looks like.
• Department of Fisheries Malaysia (DOF): Malaysian federal department responsible for fisheries and aquaculture development, including licensing, zone allocation, and investor support. Operates in a different (Southeast Asian) geography but shares ANDA's mandate of developing national aquaculture capacity through public-sector facilitation.
• Saudi Arabia - National Fisheries Development Program (NFDP): Saudi government program under Vision 2030 that promotes domestic aquaculture investment, allocates coastal aquaculture zones, and provides investor facilitation services. Closely comparable to ANDA in mandate and tools, but operating in a different (Gulf) jurisdiction with different cost and market dynamics.

Emerging players

• WorldFish Center: International non-profit research organization focused on aquaculture and fisheries in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific. Provides technical R&D, policy advisory, and capacity building that overlaps with ANDA's technical-support function, though WorldFish does not allocate zones or finance projects directly.

Others

• Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC): Global certification and standards body for responsible aquaculture. Not a direct competitor but an adjacent ecosystem player whose certification framework influences the investor and buyer requirements that ANDA-supported projects must meet to access premium export markets.

Direct peers

• General Authority for Fish Resources Development (GAFRD): Egyptian government agency with an essentially identical mandate: developing national aquaculture, attracting investment, allocating zones, and providing technical and administrative support to fish-farm investors. GAFRD is the closest structural analogue to ANDA in the North African / MENA region.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ANDAMaroc
• YouTubeyoutube.com/c/ANDAMaroc1
• Facebookfacebook.com/ANDA.aquaculture
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/andamaroc
• Instagraminstagram.com/andamaroc

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Funding overview

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