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Ms. Rachida HOUSSA

Researcher /Information System Director (ISD)

Information and Documentation center of INRH

Institut National de Recherche Halieutique, Centre Régional de Casablanca

Location

Bd Sidi Abderrahman Ain Diab
Casablanca
Morocco

Nationality

Morocco

Email(s)

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Telephone

+212 663474489

Profile URL

https://www.oceanexpert.org/expert/rhoussa

Highest Degree

PhD

Job Type

Operational Support (technical)
Decision Making & Policy

Subject Area

Biological Oceanography
Marine Ecology
Fisheries
Aquaculture
Research Support Services

Activities

- Responsible of Information systems of fisheries resources - responsible of GIS/Cartography works of the various research programs carried out by the scientific teams of the INRH, since 2003. - Coordination of GIS program supported by FAO-COPEMED project (2000-2002). - Coordination of pilot study to develop the fishery statistical system in the Mediterranean area. Program supported by FAO-COPEMED project (from October 2001 to mars 2002). - Elaboration of bathymetry’s map of Moroccan Mediterranean area. - Elaboration of fishery’s map of Mediterranean and Atlantic area in Morocco. - Conception and development of fishery statistical data base in the Moroccan Mediterranean area.

Sea regions of study

Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
North Atlantic Ocean

Skills

Information Systems management GIS applied to oceanographical and fisheries resources Remote sensing applied to environment Geostatistiques

Working language(s)

English

Website(s)

http://www.inrh.ma

Created: 2007-06-22 | Last Updated: 2017-06-23 by Mark VAN CROMBRUGGE