Tag: SIOFA

Nine Western Indian Ocean countries, including Mauritius and Seychelles, are strengthening regional cooperation to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing under the European Union-funded Sustainable Western Indian Ocean Programme (SWIOP). Three complementary components of the programme were officially launched in Seychelles on 26 October 2026. The initiative aims to reinforce fisheries surveillance, scientific cooperation, institutional capacities and the sustainable management of marine resources, while supporting the livelihoods of coastal and island communitie