The minister of higher education and scientific research Mr. Kamel Baddari was accompanied by the minister of fisheries and marine resources Mr. ahmad Badani on Sunday, May 7, 2023, on a work and inspection visit to the higher national school of marine science and coastal planning in Deli Brahim. Both ministers inaugurated many facilities such as a business incubator, as they explored a new digital platform allocated to accompany seawater desalination plants, and other different innovations developed by the school students, for instance, a project for breeding and generating cuttlefish, which is the first of its kind in Algeria. It is worth pointing out that this project boasts a successful rate of 80 percent and awaits adoption and mark as a micro enterprise producing cuttlefish which is considered as a demanded element in national markets.
In a press statement, minister Baddari stressed the need for more openness among universities in order to exploit and take the researches into reality on the part of economic sectors. Adding that the higher school for marine science would give a big push to the sector of economy whether in what relates to pharmacy, the sector of marine fishery or aquaculture.
Minister Baddari also called the economic sectors to exploit the platform which holds important data; especially that the exploitation of seawater potential in Algeria is less than 3 percent. As he noted that this research center would curtail the number of challenges that is facing different sectors of marine biodiversity.
The platform developed by the school encompasses 2453 microscopic and macroscopic marine species out of 4000 to 4500 plant and animal marine species along the Algerian coastline. Moreover, it provides the scientific names for the species and information on their geographical distribution, in addition to their type of environment and the risks that may face them, and this would facilitate the exploitation of these marine species in pharmaceutical activity, marine fishery and food marketing.
Mr. Baddari paid tribute to the efforts made by the school students in providing social needs, adding that 60 out of 105 graduate projects will introduce start-ups and micro enterprises in the field of marine products exploitation, and thereby providing job opportunities and correspond to food security challenges.

For his part, the minister of fishery and marine resources Mr. Ahmed Badani expressed his sector’s readiness for cooperation with research centers in order to create a bridge between university and the world of economy, as he added that the experiments conducted in the universities deserve encouragement and accompaniment.