AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoClean Shores Run: Seychelles marked International Coastal Cleanup Day with the Clean Shores Run in Roche Caiman, where Sports Minister Kelsey Belle and Russian Ambassador Kirill Sokolov-Shcherbachev joined 34 runners on a 5km course won by Yannick Anacoura. Seychelles-India Fisheries Push: Seychelles reached out to India to boost landed tuna revenues and strengthen post-harvest management, including investment in tuna processing, product diversification, and better fisheries data for monitoring and surveillance. Maritime Security in the Indian Ocean: A new report flags “grey-zone” Chinese-linked maritime activity—research vessels, gliders and fishing fleets—often operating ambiguously and sometimes turning off AIS, raising response dilemmas for littoral states including Seychelles. Port Performance: World Bank rankings put Seychelles’ Port Victoria at 287 globally in the Container Port Performance Index, as Djibouti, Mogadishu and Dar es Salaam lead the East and Horn of Africa region. Tourism & Travel: Thailand’s visa-free rules tighten from 15 September, with a specific 15-day exemption for Seychelles and Mauritius. Environment Watch: Research highlights how plastic and fishing gear washing onto Seychelles shores—especially around Aldabra—could cost millions to remove and harms tourism and marine life.
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