Resources and Sustainable Development Prospects in Doukala Coast: Seaweed in Moulay Abdellah Center and Oyster Farming in Oualidia Lagoon

This article tackles the issue of resources reality and sustainable development prospects in Doukala coast through studying the case of seaweed collection in Moulay Abdellah Center and oyster farming in Oualidia lagoon, where seaweed exploitation brings about a substantial local economic income. However, it undergoes numerous problems attributed to: seaweed harvesters not respecting seaweed biological rest, fierce seaweed harvesting cooperations’ competition by the exploitation of human beings and buying prices disparity due processing institutions proliferation. Besides, oyster farms in Oualidia lagoon have a socio-economic value manifested in availing a substantial number of job opportunities, reinvigorating some economic activities like tourism and trade. Yet, it suffers from many constraints like the inability of some companies to meet renewing their temporary exploitation licenses requirements and farms infrastructures poor maintenance. The status quo necessitates adopting a new development model based on optimum exploitation of these resources through designing a scheme for preparing oyster farms in Oualidia lagoon in addition to managing the collection of seaweed in Moulay Abdellah Center to avail fixed job opportunities and promote their products.