EU, Seychelles Sign Four-Year Tuna Access Deal Worth $26 Million
The European Union and Seychelles have signed a new Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement that will grant EU vessels access to Seychelles waters for four years to fish up to 55,000 metric tons of tuna and other migratory species annually.
The deal, signed July 27 in Brussels, authorizes up to 30 EU purse seiners and eight longliners to obtain licenses and resume operations in Seychellois waters. Fishing had been halted since a previous agreement expired on February 23...
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