The Education Strategic Plan 2002 to 2006

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ACP Case Studies on fisheries agreements and
relations with EU SEYCHELLES April
2003 Philippe Michaud
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Some basic statistics for 2001

• Population 81,200
• Life expectancy 72.94
• Literacy rate 94
• Total formal employment 33,213
• Land area 444 Km²
• GDP at market prices
• (million rupees) 3,337 (US 570.4m)
• Per capita GDP at market price
• (rupees) 41,093 (US 7,000)

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Access Agreements

•  European Union
• Duration 3 years
• No. of purse seiners 40
• No. of longliners 32
•   EU financial compensation of EURO 2.3m
  p.a.
• EU financial contribution of EURO 3.48m
  for 3 year period
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• JAPAN TUNA ZENGYOREN
• 1 year agreement for longliners
•  
• Taiwan Deep Sea Tuna Boatowners Exporters
  Association
• 3 year agreement for longliners
•  
• Mauritius
• 2 year renewable agreement for 5 purse seiners
  and 1 longliner
•  
• Private Agreements
• 1 year agreement for both long liners
  and purse seiners

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Average number of purse seiners licensed in
Seychelles by country of registration
(1990-2001)  
includes 3 French vessels registered in
Mayotte
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Seychelles experience from access agreements
(i) Licence payments   Flat rate payment,
payment based on catch and value of catch, catch
in EEZ, payment in kind.     Flat rate
payments preferred   Variable payments can
fluctuate considerable problems of
reliability of catch data     EUs contributions
for specific projects has been very helpful
(training, VMS, development)   (ii) 
VMS   Condition of licence for all boats   (iii)
Data   Reporting good with purse seiners but
needs to improve with long liners   (iv)  Use of
Port Licence payment is not the most important
consideration but value added to the country
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Economic contribution of the fisheries sector

• (i)           Employment
  of total
  employment
• Canning factory 7.6
• Local fishing 3.3
• Industrial fisheries service sector 3.1
• -----
• 14.0
• ------
• (ii)           Exports
• Canned tuna exports represent 87
  of the countrys foreign exports
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• (iii)          Foreign Exchange Earnings
  SR.M
•   Canned tuna exports 771.17
• Other fish exports 74.68
• Revenue from industrial tuna
• activities 274.60
• Licence fees 24.69
• ----------
• 1,145.14
• Tourism Related earnings 770.0

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The Seychelles Canning Factory
Indian Ocean Tuna   -         2nd largest in the
world -         No. 1 measure in value of
turnover -         Processed 90,000 mt per
annum -         14 of the canned tuna imported
into the EU   Challenges   -      Cost
differentials between a small island nation and
large nations such as Thailand and Philippines
are naturally preferential to the large
countries.   -     Due to location and having to
import following costs higher-  
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•      Edible oils
•      Cans
•      Secondary and tertiary packaging
•      Working capital
•      Freight costs
•  
• -         Due to local conditions the following
  costs are higher
•  
•      Fixed salaries and indirect labour
•      Electricity, fuel and water
•      Depreciation (high asset base to automate
  and run high labour efficiency)
• ..

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Conclusion

• -     Lower tariffs will have an impact on
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•  Cannery
• EU fleets
• The Seychelles economy
• The exact level of impact is difficult to
  quantify.
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