News • 7 May 2025
First country achieves FiTI Standard compliant status
Seychelles is the first country to achieve ‘Compliant’ status under the FiTI Standard.
The FiTI Fisheries Transparency Initiative International Board has granted the Seychelles an overall status of compliant in implementing the FiTI Standard as a result of Seychelles’ second validation. This means the country has made considerable progress in fisheries management transparency to increase accessibility of fisheries data and ensure for responsible and a participatory fisheries sector.
SwAM employee Joacim Johannesson is a member of the FiTI International Board and participated in the Board Committee assessing the validation results.
“I wish to congratulate the Seychelles on its achievement,” Joacim Johannesson says. “Transparency and participation make fair and good use of the ocean possible.”
More news
-
News • 2026-06-08
The sun beats down on the rain-soaked tarmac in Mombasa. 33 degrees in the shade. 84 percent humidity. Behind thick curtains, people hard at work, hot laptops, programming and ecology. This is where Kenya’s system for marine environmental impact assessments is being built.
-
News • 2026-05-21
SwAM and WiMS Women’s Day webinar launches new tool on how to integrate gender and diversity into conservation projects.
-
News • 2025-11-25
The first SwAM Ocean concluded in 2024. Here are ten products to use in your marine management, spatial planning, protection and development
