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How much fish has been caught?
Note: 2026 data covers Quarter 1–2 only and is preliminary — figures may be revised as the year's catch reporting is finalised. Charts exclude 2026 until the year is complete.
Data for Purse Seine Catch in WIO
| Year | Quarter 1 (mt) | Quarter 2 (mt) | Quarter 3 (mt) | Quarter 4 (mt) | Total Catch (mt) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 92990.10 | 50830.50 | 143820.6 | ||
| 2025 | 107502.00 | 95702.60 | 101328.00 | 143271.00 | 447803.6 |
| 2023 | 120262.00 | 90092.30 | 81340.80 | 81427.70 | 373122.8 |
| 2022 | 120035.00 | 75148.00 | 124199.00 | 83887.20 | 403269.2 |
| 2021 | 117281.00 | 87679.50 | 124190.00 | 83771.30 | 412921.8 |
| 2020 | 89015.30 | 75538.00 | 98809.40 | 90311.80 | 353674.5 |
| 2019 | 120552.00 | 79932.60 | 104985.00 | 100985.00 | 406454.6 |
| 2018 | 153361.00 | 82373.20 | 121800.00 | 82297.00 | 439831.2 |
| 2017 | 109698.00 | 77611.10 | 101588.00 | 77860.20 | 366757.3 |
| 2016 | 93224.50 | 64201.50 | 104882.00 | 89619.50 | 351927.5 |
| 2015 | 92622.80 | 55850.60 | 72105.30 | 69125.10 | 289703.8 |
| 2014 | 93162.60 | 44331.20 | 76964.30 | 63379.00 | 277837.1 |
| 2013 | 74655.90 | 49547.90 | 75141.50 | 78533.60 | 277878.9 |
| 2012 | 73238.70 | 48980.10 | 47744.90 | 61513.00 | 231476.7 |
| 2011 | 72443.30 | 42968.30 | 64381.00 | 78568.40 | 258361 |
| 2010 | 77303.90 | 51388.10 | 75505.10 | 75046.50 | 279243.6 |
| 2009 | 80825.50 | 35174.80 | 86842.60 | 59875.70 | 262718.6 |
| 2008 | 72208.30 | 50204.80 | 69248.70 | 87294.60 | 278956.4 |
| 2007 | 55674.90 | 45831.20 | 83280.90 | 60883.50 | 245670.5 |
| 2006 | 96586.90 | 53971.90 | 114902.00 | 124474.00 | 389934.8 |
| 2005 | 103222.00 | 57490.00 | 115207.00 | 113338.00 | 389257 |
| 2004 | 101443.00 | 65893.70 | 94846.90 | 96074.10 | 358257.7 |
| 2003 | 115709.00 | 60885.60 | 97291.90 | 134479.00 | 408365.5 |
| 2002 | 83061.30 | 64862.70 | 113720.00 | 116383.00 | 378027 |
| 2001 | 81196.40 | 44406.00 | 88632.50 | 85721.70 | 299956.6 |
| 2000 | 78761.90 | 62475.10 | 94472.60 | 94565.60 | 330275.2 |
Data for Purse Seine Catch inside Seychelles EEZ
| Year | Quarter 1 (mt) | Quarter 2 (mt) | Quarter 3 (mt) | Quarter 4 (mt) | Total Catch (mt) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 32544.40 | 10997.60 | 43542 | ||
| 2025 | 40197.70 | 15259.70 | 8234.98 | 16105.10 | 79797.48 |
| 2023 | 20446.30 | 22744.90 | 8402.10 | 17667.50 | 69260.8 |
| 2022 | 52112.90 | 24093.30 | 23530.00 | 13830.10 | 113566.3 |
| 2021 | 12785.50 | 12875.50 | 10518.40 | 6821.62 | 43001.02 |
| 2020 | 27621.30 | 24346.60 | 36301.90 | 7397.77 | 95667.57 |
| 2019 | 24263.10 | 21738.50 | 33427.00 | 5181.64 | 84610.24 |
| 2018 | 34913.90 | 12147.50 | 33296.30 | 8290.93 | 88648.63 |
| 2017 | 31376.80 | 18028.00 | 12552.40 | 11402.30 | 73359.5 |
| 2016 | 18995.10 | 25431.00 | 25241.90 | 23290.10 | 92958.1 |
Data for Purse Seine Catch By Species in WIO
| Year | Yellowfin (mt) | Bigeye (mt) | Skipjack (mt) | Albacore (mt) | Other Species (mt) | Total Catch (mt) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 41280.70 | 7372.23 | 90857.00 | 3.00 | 4300.00 | 143821.00 |
| 2025 | 128199.00 | 31164.90 | 278110.00 | 146.00 | 10145.00 | 447803.00 |
| 2023 | 106605.00 | 32850.70 | 225887.00 | 38.00 | 6777.00 | 373123.00 |
| 2022 | 120801.00 | 36362.40 | 241350.00 | 25.00 | 3946.00 | 403270.00 |
| 2021 | 119571.00 | 37078.20 | 252254.00 | 131.00 | 3241.00 | 412922.00 |
| 2020 | 110752.00 | 16702.40 | 223053.00 | 108.00 | 2352.00 | 353675.00 |
| 2019 | 128907.00 | 24160.00 | 251537.00 | 128.00 | 1043.00 | 406455.00 |
| 2018 | 140273.00 | 23261.40 | 273750.00 | 76.00 | 1806.00 | 439832.00 |
| 2017 | 137970.00 | 29607.70 | 197098.00 | 424.00 | 961.00 | 366757.00 |
| 2016 | 146763.00 | 22435.00 | 181216.00 | 378.00 | 233.00 | 351928.00 |
| 2015 | 135797.00 | 25039.00 | 127534.00 | 483.00 | 146.00 | 289704.00 |
| 2014 | 126800.00 | 21236.40 | 128527.00 | 483.00 | 155.00 | 277837.00 |
| 2013 | 135361.00 | 24759.70 | 116508.00 | 468.00 | 190.00 | 277879.00 |
| 2012 | 131057.00 | 16994.80 | 81629.00 | 1146.00 | 52.00 | 231477.00 |
| 2011 | 110574.00 | 19864.50 | 126596.00 | 707.00 | 27.00 | 258361.00 |
| 2010 | 103127.00 | 22101.60 | 153180.00 | 173.00 | 43.00 | 279244.00 |
| 2009 | 84820.90 | 26987.10 | 149772.00 | 404.00 | 63.00 | 262719.00 |
| 2008 | 112724.00 | 26950.90 | 136660.00 | 1516.00 | 365.00 | 278956.00 |
| 2007 | 92033.90 | 20455.20 | 131473.00 | 624.00 | 270.00 | 245670.00 |
| 2006 | 145596.00 | 18106.00 | 223281.00 | 1169.00 | 931.00 | 389935.00 |
| 2005 | 176322.00 | 21847.70 | 189247.00 | 133.00 | 865.00 | 389257.00 |
| 2004 | 201727.00 | 18847.90 | 136469.00 | 226.00 | 326.00 | 358258.00 |
| 2003 | 197782.00 | 19026.30 | 188865.00 | 1534.00 | 395.00 | 408366.00 |
| 2002 | 128206.00 | 25825.70 | 217009.00 | 759.00 | 5325.00 | 378027.00 |
| 2001 | 111877.00 | 18131.70 | 164642.00 | 2110.00 | 2270.00 | 299957.00 |
| 2000 | 113649.00 | 21985.10 | 190575.00 | 1043.00 | 2107.00 | 330275.00 |
Data for Landing and Transhipment in Port Victoria
| Year | Quarter 1 (mt) | Quarter 2 (mt) | Quarter 3 (mt) | Quarter 4 (mt) | Total Catch (mt) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 91593.00 | 54008.00 | 3946.00 | 149547 | |
| 2025 | 96157.00 | 90562.00 | 87496.00 | 137860.00 | 412075 |
| 2023 | 101636.00 | 90319.00 | 82589.00 | 71056.00 | 345600 |
| 2022 | 100148.00 | 73431.00 | 107169.00 | 91168.00 | 371916 |
| 2021 | 106419.00 | 86123.00 | 107586.00 | 86388.00 | 386516 |
| 2020 | 81970.00 | 74530.00 | 87735.00 | 89642.00 | 333877 |
| 2019 | 112937.00 | 83946.00 | 89760.00 | 101812.00 | 388455 |
| 2018 | 138277.00 | 77304.00 | 108745.00 | 98296.00 | 422622 |
| 2017 | 100588.00 | 75655.00 | 88217.00 | 76529.00 | 340989 |
| 2016 | 78445.00 | 62236.00 | 97527.00 | 88990.00 | 327198 |
Data for Landing and Transhipment by Flag in Port Victoria
| Landing (mt) | Transhipment (mt) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Seychelles | Spain | France | Others | Total | Seychelles | Spain | France | Others | Total |
| 2026 | 25790.00 | 123757.00 | ||||||||
| 2025 | 99491.00 | 312584.00 | ||||||||
| 2023 | 19515.00 | 16331.00 | 18382.00 | 6340.00 | 60568.00 | 91238.00 | 114441.00 | 23013.00 | 56340.00 | 285032.00 |
| 2022 | 15501.00 | 14914.00 | 20147.00 | 7039.00 | 57601.00 | 98246.00 | 124749.00 | 38581.00 | 52739.00 | 314315.00 |
| 2021 | 15824.00 | 10246.00 | 23639.00 | 12075.00 | 61784.00 | 96704.00 | 146852.00 | 44021.00 | 37155.00 | 324732.00 |
| 2020 | 14845.00 | 10630.00 | 22694.00 | 6627.00 | 54796.00 | 89323.00 | 127773.00 | 30320.00 | 31665.00 | 279081.00 |
| 2019 | 18097.00 | 10309.00 | 14461.00 | 5990.00 | 48857.00 | 86332.00 | 155831.00 | 56894.00 | 40541.00 | 339598.00 |
| 2018 | 14229.00 | 20344.00 | 15738.00 | 3233.00 | 53544.00 | 107234.00 | 167993.00 | 65539.00 | 28312.00 | 369078.00 |
| 2017 | 13851.00 | 16617.00 | 17292.00 | 3388.00 | 51148.00 | 107646.00 | 105948.00 | 47103.00 | 29144.00 | 289841.00 |
| 2016 | 16513.00 | 25434.00 | 18004.00 | 5147.00 | 65098.00 | 85388.00 | 99135.00 | 46229.00 | 31348.00 | 262100.00 |
Data for Landing and Transhipment by Species in Port Victoria
| Catches Landed/Transhipped (mt) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Yellowfin | Skipjack | Bigeye | Albacore | Mix Species | Total |
| 2026 | 40664.00 | 94954.00 | 6888.00 | 18.00 | 1019.00 | 143543 |
| 2025 | 117662.00 | 251629.00 | 26330.00 | 127.00 | 4195.00 | 399943 |
| 2023 | 97909.00 | 207971.00 | 31014.00 | 73.00 | 3649.00 | 340616 |
| 2022 | 108914.00 | 210062.00 | 29289.00 | 12.00 | 21547.00 | 369824 |
| 2021 | 101408.00 | 220704.00 | 30252.00 | 266.00 | 31286.00 | 383916 |
| 2020 | 93401.00 | 166766.00 | 21520.00 | 87.00 | 49349.00 | 331123 |
| 2019 | 95171.00 | 157700.00 | 27026.00 | 45.00 | 106087.00 | 386029 |
| 2018 | 69908.00 | 146616.00 | 21067.00 | 3.00 | 182045.00 | 419639 |
| 2017 | 39536.00 | 51068.00 | 7708.00 | 172.00 | 241738.00 | 340222 |
| 2016 | 45625.00 | 37715.00 | 4631.00 | 118.00 | 238709.00 | 326798 |