The Republic of Seychelles has been a FiTI Compliant country since February 2025.
Seychelles, an island group in the western Indian Ocean, comprises of 115 islands spread over an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of 1.37 million km2. Despite having a land mass of just 455 km2, Seychelles is a large oceanic state, and a major player in the global tuna industry, with Port Victoria one of the busiest industrial fishing ports in the Western Indian Ocean. Seychelles is heavily reliant on its two main pillars of the economy: tourism and fisheries.
| FiTI Lead Ministry: | Ministry of Fisheries and the Blue Economy (Department of Blue Economy) |
| FiTI National Lead: | Mr Philippe Michaud |
| Head of FiTI National Secretariat: | Ms Nathanielle Morel |
| Contact within the FiTI International Secretariat: | Mr Yannick Memee |
Implementation timeline
Candidate application
The FiTI International Board approved Seychelles’ Candidate application on 3 April 2020. The official documents were submitted by then Vice-President Vincent Meriton submitted on behalf of the country’s National Multi-Stakeholder Group to the FiTI International Board on 6 March 2020.
FiTI Reports
| No. | Calendar year | Transparency requirements | Release date | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2019 | 12 | 16 April 2021 | 2019 FiTI Report |
| 2 | 2020 | 12 | 15 December 2021 | 2020 FiTI Report (Summary) 2020 FiTI Report (Detailed) |
| 3 | 2021 | 12 | 28 February 2023 | 2021 FiTI Report (Summary) 2021 FiTI Report (Detailed) |
| 4 | 2022 | 12 | 12 April 2024 | 2022 FiTI Report (Summary) 2022 FiTI Report (Detailed) |
| 5 | 2023 | 12 | 28 February 2025 | 2023 FiTI Report (Summary) 2023 FiTI Report (Detailed) |
Seychelles’ sixth FiTI Report, covering calendar year 2024, is due by the end of 2025.
Validations
The FiTI International Board has recognised Seychelles’ efforts to implement the FiTI Standard with a overall score of ‘compliant’ in the second validation of the Indian Ocean archipelago; time frame: January 2022 – July 2024.
This achievement makes Seychelles the first country in FiTI’s history to attain a ‘compliant’ status with the FiTI Standard. The FiTI is confident that Seychelles, inspired by this significant achievement, will maintain and reinforce its commitment and efforts to strengthen further and institutionalise transparency in its fisheries sector to ensure that the country’s compliant status in the FiTI is retained over time. For this, the FiTI International Board formulated in its Compliance Statement several corrective actions to be undertaken by Seychelles which, if properly addressed, will enable Seychelles to successfully maintain its compliance status and, ultimately, enhance the participatory governance of its fisheries sector.
The Board will review the implementation status of these corrective actions in April 2026.
Relevant posts
- Seychelles is the first country to achieve ‘Compliant’ status under the FiTI Standard
- Strengthening fisheries governance: Collaboration across regions
- Pilot project aims to improve participation in Seychellois & Malagasy fisheries
- FiTI promotes transparency & sustainability at 2024 Seychelles Ocean Fair
- Seychelles’ latest FiTI Report shows benefits of making fisheries transparency ‘mainstream’
- Ireland and FiTI extend partnership to strengthen climate actions through transparent fisheries management in African SIDS
- FiTI and People Powered collaborate on strengthening inclusive fisheries policy-making in Seychelles and Madagascar
- Non-governmental actors in African SIDS join forces through FiTI’s Community of Practice
- FiTI holds transparency session with learners at Seychelles Maritime Academy
- Fisheries transparency on the agenda of SWIO countries as regional workshop gathers governments, businesses and civil society in Seychelles
- National workshop focuses on utilising fisheries transparency to support participatory governance
- Seychelles publishes 2021 FiTI Report
- First validation of Seychelles shows ‘meaningful progress’ in implementing the FiTI Standard
- FiTI signs partnership agreement with the Danny Faure Foundation
- Seychelles removes confidentiality clause from renegotiated fishing agreements to comply with FiTI Standard
- “It is not just politically correct to want transparency, it is politically smart”
- “Nobody can say Seychelles’ fisheries are too difficult to understand”
- Public debate gathers fisheries stakeholders to discuss future of the sector in Seychelles
- Significant steps towards fisheries transparency as Seychelles launches 2020 FiTI Report
- World Oceans Day 2021: Transparency supports life and livelihoods in fisheries
