This study was carried out in the marine part of the projected protected area «Jabal Moussa », overlooking the Strait of Gibraltar. It aimed to clarify the characteristics of the artisanal fishery, with the ecological significance and to provide baseline information to help in developing suitable management measures. Data were collected from April 2018 to May 2019, through detailed surveys and structured interviews to analyze fleet features, species and landing composition, fishing gears, and socio-economic data such as age, experience, capital invested, gross product, etc... where 293 fishermen were interviewed. For skippers, the average age was 51.4 ±11.2 years and 32.5 ±9.6 years for seamen. The crew was small (2-4 people/boat). It was noted that 84% of fishermen did not want their children to become fishermen, while 46% of fishermen declared their desire to change their job. A total of 14267 fishing trips were recorded and 160.529 Kg of biomass composed of 31 species belonging to 9 orders were landed by 99 fishing boats, using 8 different gears; mainly, the blackspot seabream longline. The capital invested was 4.680.800 MAD and the gross product was 22.185.246 MAD.