Tag: fishing vessels
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4 Seychellois detained, charged for fishing in Mozambique’s waters
(Seychelles News Agency) – The Seychelles’ Department of Foreign Affairs said on Monday that it is providing consular assistance to four Seychellois men being detained at a prison in Mozambique on charges of illegally fishing in Mozambican waters.
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Today in Seychelles: The Big Interview with Dr. Nirmal Shah “We will basically be pirates in our own waters”
Dr. Shah sounds the alarm on distant water fishing nations attempting, what some have called, a new form of colonisation by claiming that 85 per cent of all future tuna catch in our exclusive economic zone should be theirs based on their history of fishing in our waters. He led the Seychelles delegation, which included…
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Yellowfin tuna quota: Some vessels to cease operations by September
TODAY Newspaper; 6th July 2017 by S. Marivel: Canadian online news outlet Undercurrent News says in an article published on 4 July, that the Seychelles’ fleet “will have to stop fishing at the end of September.” The remaining amount of tuna catch for 2017, totals about 12,925t, to be counted from 20 May. This represents a…