The market features external facilities dedicated to retailers and fish scalers, along with a building housing storage rooms for products.
[3] A 2022 study published in the Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture found that fish products sold at the Nouakchott fish market are of good quality and safe for human consumption.
[2] As part of infrastructure support for the fishing sector, a 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) enclosure with a large entrance and 5 exit routes was constructed around the maritime area of the Nouakchott fish market have been constructed.
[4] A 2020 study published in the Journal of Applied Science and Environmental Studies noted that the hygiene standards in the facilities allocated to retailers were inadequate and that there was a need for enhancements in transportation and storage conditions.
[3] It is described by Lonely Planet as "incredibly lively and extremely colorful" and having "teams of men, mostly Wolof and Fula, dragging in heavy hand-knotted fishing nets and small boys hurrying back and forth with trays of fish".