Essaouira Port Editorial Photo

Essaouira Arabic: الصويرة‎; Berber languages: ⵎⵓⴳⴰⴹⵓⵔ, Mugadur, formerly known as Mogador, is a city in the western Moroccan economic region of Marrakesh-Safi, on the Atlantic coast. The modern name means `the little rampart`, a reference to the fortress walls that still enclose part of the city. The fishing harbor on photo, suffering from the competition of Agadir and Safi remains rather small, although the catches sardines, conger eels are surprisingly abundant due to the coastal upwelling generated by the powerful trade winds and the Canaries Current. Essaouira remains one of the major fishing harbors of Morocco.