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Environmental
moorings were first brought into Seychelles in 2001 with a
programme initiated by the MCSS and funded by the Dutch
Trust Fund. This was extended by additional funding under
the Global Environmental Facility funding of the
Seychelles Marine Ecosystem Management Project.
To date installation costs have been subsidised by grant
funding as has a large proportion of the inspection and
remedial maintenance carried out by the MCSS. In order to
sustain an on-going programme input from stakeholders is
necessary to identify weaknesses in the current system and
to identify new areas for mooring placement and potential
new partners for mooring management. To this end, MCSS
organised a workshop on Environmental Mooring Buoys with
the aims of:
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