Representatives from Seychelles and Mauritius met last week to discuss and review progress made on the framework to sustainably develop the joint management area of the Mascarene Plateau.
The discussion during the joint commission meeting included the signature of an agreement with a company to carry out a seismic survey in the joint management of the extended continental shelf.
The Mascarene Plateau is a large shallow area ranging in depth from 8 to 150 metres in the Indian Ocean situated to the north and east of Madagascar. The shelf extends approximately 2,000 km from Seychelles in the north to Reunion, a French department, in the south. It covers an area of over 115,000 square kilometres.
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Source: Seychelles News Agency
