Seychelles celebrates historic milestone as first FiTI-compliant country |01 April 2025

Minister Ferrari

With Seychelles being the first country to achieve a compliant rating in the Fisheries Transparency Initiative validation process in February of this year, a presentation ceremony was held in order to commemorate this historic milestone.

Minister for Fisheries and Blue Economy Jean-François Ferrari received the certificate of compliance yesterday morning at the National History Museum from the executive director of the FiTI International Secretariat, Sven Biermann, in the presence of the chairperson of the National Multi-Stakeholder Group, Phillip Michaud, chief executive of the Seychelles Fisheries Authority, Dr Jan Robinson and Cabinet Secretary, Margaret Moumou.

Seychelles stands to benefit from this, which include an enhanced international reputation, improved grassroots access to fisheries management information, better access to sustainable markets, stronger stakeholder cooperation and better participatory governance.

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