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Seychelles

Seychelles is organized here as a East Africa research route covering 2 public-policy areas. The route begins with Fisheries (tuna purse-seine, Port Victoria), Tax Havens / Offshore Finance (International Business Companies).

Executive summary

This page is a structured research guide to institutions, public frameworks, and possible lines of inquiry in Seychelles. It supports rapid orientation and identifies where current primary-source verification is required.

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Fisheries (tuna purse-seine, Port Victoria)

Insider / Whistleblower

  • Report under-declared catch, bycatch dumping, or transshipment irregularities to the Seychelles Fishing Authority observer program.
  • Disclose licence-negotiation pressure or quota manipulation to IOTC compliance channels.

Seychelles Fishing Authority (SFA); IOTC observer and compliance program

Investor / Capital Allocator

  • Condition financing of the Indian Ocean Tuna cannery and fleet operators on Marine Stewardship Council certification and stock-recovery milestones.
  • Back the blue-bond and debt-for-nature instruments structured with The Nature Conservancy for Seychelles.

Development Bank of Seychelles; Seychelles Conservation and Climate Adaptation Trust (SeyCCAT); blue-bond investors

Regulator / Agency

  • Use the Seychelles Fishing Authority to enforce vessel monitoring, observer coverage, and landing inspections at Port Victoria.
  • Set licence terms through the Ministry of Fisheries and Blue Economy that bind effort to IOTC scientific advice.

Seychelles Fishing Authority (SFA); Ministry of Fisheries and Blue Economy

Policymakers / Treaty Forum

  • Adopt binding yellowfin rebuilding measures and allocation reform through the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission.
  • Embed enforceable conservation and reporting clauses in the EU-Seychelles Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement.

Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC); European Union (DG MARE); FAO

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Tax Havens / Offshore Finance (International Business Companies)

Insider / Whistleblower

  • Report shell-company misuse or nominee-director abuse to the Seychelles Financial Intelligence Unit.
  • Flag corporate service providers facilitating concealment to the Financial Services Authority.

Seychelles Financial Intelligence Unit; Financial Services Authority (FSA)

Investor / Capital Allocator

  • Require verified beneficial-ownership disclosure before banking or investing through Seychelles structures.
  • Avoid IBC vehicles that fail OECD substance tests to limit reputational and grey-list exposure.

Central Bank of Seychelles; correspondent banks subject to FATF standards

Regulator / Agency

  • Enforce economic-substance and beneficial-ownership rules through the Financial Services Authority.
  • Supervise anti-money-laundering compliance via the Central Bank of Seychelles and Financial Intelligence Unit.

Financial Services Authority (FSA); Central Bank of Seychelles

Policymakers / Treaty Forum

  • Apply OECD Global Forum peer review and BEPS information-exchange standards.
  • Use FATF and EU listing leverage to require substance, transparency, and registry verification.

OECD Global Forum on Transparency; Financial Action Task Force (FATF); European Union (Code of Conduct Group)

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Research references

Use the public glossary for terminology and the selected publications and working papers for public evidence and methods.