• Tunisia aquaculture projects reach 88.1 million dinars in 2025
• Investment triples year-on-year, signaling rising sector interest
• Government targets 50,000 tons farmed fish by 2030

Tunisia’s approved aquaculture investment projects totaled 88.1 million dinars ($30.7 million) in 2025, the Agricultural Investment Promotion Agency (APIA) said in its latest statistical bulletin.

That figure is three times the 26 million dinars ($9 million) recorded a year earlier, underscoring rising investor interest in the sector. While the APIA report does not detail the projects, their implementation is expected to help the government meet its aquaculture growth targets.

In a report on the Tunisian market published last August, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Tunisia aims to raise farmed fish output by 54% to 50,000 metric tons by 2030, up from 23,000 tons in 2024.

For Tunis, expanding aquaculture is also intended to ease pressure on fish stocks in national waters, which are heavily strained by traditional practices, overfishing and illegal activity.

Aquaculture accounted for 17% of total approved private investment in Tunisia’s agricultural sector in 2025, making it one of the main investment segments. APIA data show that 515.3 million dinars ($180.2 million) in private investment was approved across the sector that year.

Agriculture accounted for the largest share at 275.3 million dinars ($96.2 million), or 53.4% of the total. It was followed by services related to agriculture and fishing at 19.3%, then aquaculture. The remainder was divided between the fishing sector and the primary processing of agricultural and fishery products.

Stéphanas Assocle