The fish stocks of occupied Western Sahara have not only attracted the interest of the Moroccan fleet: other foreign interests are also fishing in the occupied waters through arrangements with Moroccan counterparts. Along the Western Saharan coastline, a processing industry has emerged.

The certification scheme MSC guarantees that no fisheries in Western Sahara are certified. But Spanish food distributors give another impression. 

IFS Food - a label meant to guarantee protection against food fraud - facilitates a practice of food fraud.