Fishing in the exclusive economic zone is reserved for boats flying the Moroccan flag or operated by Moroccan natural or legal persons. In  order  to  fly  the  Moroccan  flag,  a  vessel  must  be  75%  Moroccan owned (in the case of individuals); for vessels owned by corporations or partnerships, this condition  is  deemed  fulfilled  if  the  majority  of  members  of  the  board  of  directors  or  the supervisory board are Moroccan citizens. Moroccan natural or legal persons may charter foreign fishing vessels subject to the prior authorization of the Minister.
"Article 3 (Modified, D. May 18, 1930 - 19 hija 1348): Boats of any tonnage may be nationalized Moroccan on the condition:
a) To have their home port in the French zone of the Shereefian Empire;
b) (Modified, D. May 2, 1933 - 7 moharrem 1352). - Usually to carry out a navigation which interests in a direct and principal way, the traffic of the ports of the French zone, or, in the case of fishing boats, to usually unload the product of their fishing in the zone French.
c) To belong for at least three quarters to Moroccan or French nationals; when the boats are the property of public limited companies or limited partnerships, this condition is considered to be fulfilled when the majority of the members of the board of directors or of the supervisory board are French citizens or Moroccan subjects and that, in addition, the president of the board of directors or of the supervisory board are French citizens or American subjects and that, in addition, the chairman of the board of directors, the director or the managing director are French or Moroccan;
d) (Added, D. April 7, 1934 - 22 hija 1352.) To have their crew composed of sailors of Moroccan nationality, in a fixed proportion, for the different types of navigation, by vizierial decree.
However, when it comes to boats (ships and boats) called upon to practice Moroccan cabotage, demarcation and fishing, under the conditions of article 52 below, and for which the above condition is not not carried out, the authorization to make them sail under the Cherifian flag can be specially granted to their owners, when they have been fixed in Morocco for a year at least or in the case where these boats belong to a company, when the latter has its head office in Morocco.[...]" (Maritime Commerce Code (Dahir of 31 May 1919; OG of 26 May 1919), as last amended by the Dahir on the Finance Law of 1984 (27 April 1984), Article 3 [google translation of consolidated French version])
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"Article 1
A maritime zone called the exclusive economic zone located beyond and adjacent to territorial waters is hereby established.
This zone extends to a line each point of which is 200 nautical miles from the point closest to the baseline used to measure the breadth of the territorial sea as fixed in accordance with the laws and regulations in force.
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Article 3
The exercise of fishing rights is exclusively reserved in this zone for boats flying the Moroccan flag or operated by Moroccan natural or legal persons in accordance with the terms and under the sanctions provided for by the dahir on law n ° 1-73-255 of 27 chaoual 1393 (23 November 1973) forming a regulation on sea fishing.[...]" (Law n ° 1-81 Establishing an exclusive economic zone of 200 nautical miles off the Moroccan coast (Dahir No. 1-81-179 of 8 April 1981; OG No. 3575 of 6.5.1981), as last amended by Dahir No. 1-14-95 of 12 May 2014, Articles 1 and 3 [google translation of consolidated French version])
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"Article 2
The exercise of the right to fish in the exclusive economic zone defined by the dahir carrying law n ° 1-73-211 of 26 moharrem 1393 (March 2, 1973) fixing the limit of the territorial waters and the Moroccan exclusive economic zone is subordinated to the obtaining a fishing license which is valid only for the Gregorian year in which it was issued and which gives rise to the levying of a tax.
The conditions for issuing and renewing the fishing license as well as the amount of the tax are set by decree.
Article 3
The chartering of foreign fishing vessels by Moroccan natural or legal persons is subject to the prior authorization of the Minister in charge of maritime fisheries who sets the conditions thereof.[...]" (Dahir No. 1-73-255 of 23 November 1973 regulating the maritime fishery (OG No. 3187 of 28.11.1973), as amended by the Dahir No. 1-14-95 of 12 May 2014, Articles 2 and 3 [google translation of consolidated French version])
Maritime Commerce Code (Dahir of 31 May 1919; OG of 26 May 1919), as last amended by the Dahir on the Finance Law of 1984 (27 April 1984), Article 3
Law n ° 1-81 Establishing an exclusive economic zone of 200 nautical miles off the Moroccan coast (Dahir No. 1-81-179 of 8 April 1981; OG No. 3575 of 6.5.1981), as last amended by Dahir No. 1-14-95 of 12 May 2014, Articles 1 and 3
Dahir No. 1-73-255 of 23 November 1973 regulating the maritime fishery (OG No. 3187 of 28.11.1973), as amended by the Dahir No. 1-14-95 of 12 May 2014, Articles 2 and 3
Decree No. 2-92-1026 of 29 December 1992 specifying the conditions and procedures for granting and renewing a fishing license in the Special Economic Zone (OG No. 4183 of 30 December 1992)
[<a href="http://www.equipement.gov.ma/Reglementation/portuaireetmaritime/Marine-Marchande/Pages/Code-commerce-maritime.aspx">Code</a>],[<a href="http://www.mpm.gov.ma/wps/wcm/connect/441ea105-fd9a-4221-985f-b0acad86cf87/11_n%C2%B01-73-255+incomplet.pdf?MOD=AJPERES ">Law</a>],[<a href="http://www.mpm.gov.ma/wps/wcm/connect/441ea105-fd9a-4221-985f-b0acad86cf87/11_n%C2%B01-73-255+incomplet.pdf?MOD=AJPERES">Dahir</a>],[<a href="https://adala.justice.gov.ma/production/html/ar/154351.htm">Decree</a>]