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- Ten out of 13 tuna purse seiners fishing under the flag of Seychelles have stopped operations for 2021
- They have reached their allocated yellowfin tuna quota for the year.
- Usually, vessels start reaching their limit towards the end of October or beginning of November.
- But reaching the quota is vessel specific as they each manage their quota differently
Ten out of 13 tuna purse seiners fishing under the flag of Seychelles have stopped operations for 2021. They have reached their allocated yellowfin tuna quota for the year.
Usually, vessels start reaching their limit towards the end of October or beginning of November. But reaching the quota is vessel specific as they each manage their quota differently. The vessels operated by Spanish and French, have stopped their operations upon reaching quota limit. The fishing authority is closely monitoring the remaining vessels to ensure that they stop all fishing operations once their quotas are over.
Fishing operations are expected to resume as of January 1 upon reinstating the quotas. Some vessels will leave port as early as December 28 to be able to start operations on the New Year.
Seychelles in 2022 is supposed to have a quota allocation of 38,881 tonnes of yellowfin tuna. Next year, the quota may be pruned to 34,917 tonnes, For 2022, in accordance with resolution 21/01, Seychelles will be allocated a quota that will then have to be distributed to the industrial longliners, industrial purse seiners and the local semi-industrial small scale fresh tuna longliners. It is up to Seychelles to decide how the quota will be attributed to the different fleets.
