The two sides discussed marine aquaculture - mariculture, the cultivation of marine organisms in seawater - along with modern hatchery development, where fish seed or larvae are produced under controlled conditions, and fish stock assessment, the scientific estimation of the size, structure and sustainability of fish populations. On the technology side the agenda covered the use of artificial intelligence in harvest management, digital fisheries data systems and upgraded monitoring, control and surveillance (MCS) infrastructure, the standard toolkit of fisheries governance used to track fishing activity, enforce compliance and curb illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. The talks also covered reciprocal laboratory access, jointly designed pilot projects and annual work plans as an implementation mechanism, plus expansion of the tuna value chain - processing capacity, product diversification and sustainable management of fish waste from processing units and landing centres.

Seychelles is an archipelago of about 115 islands in the western Indian Ocean, with Victoria on Mahe as its capital. Its exclusive economic zone is vast relative to its land area, and tuna dominates its economy - Port Victoria is a major regional tuna transhipment and canning hub, and tuna processing accounts for the bulk of the country's manufactured exports. Seychelles became independent in 1976 and has had diplomatic ties with India since; it sits astride major shipping lanes in the western Indian Ocean, which makes it central to India's maritime security concerns, from anti-piracy patrols to maritime domain awareness. Victoria is also where the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission is headquartered, so fisheries cooperation with Seychelles carries weight in regional tuna management well beyond the bilateral relationship.

For India, the blue economy is where maritime security policy and food-and-livelihood policy meet. India is now among the world's largest fish producers, with production near 19.7 million tonnes and record seafood exports of USD 8.46 billion, but marine capture is close to sustainable limits in several stocks, which pushes growth towards aquaculture and mariculture - exactly the areas on the Seychelles agenda. Cooperating with a small island state that controls a large tuna-rich EEZ gives Indian science and industry access to stock data, joint research and a foothold in the Indian Ocean tuna value chain, while giving Seychelles technology and processing capability. The MCS and AI components address a shared problem: illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing by distant-water fleets, which no single Indian Ocean state can police alone.