Raphael Fishing Company
The Raphaël Fishing Company | |
| Company type | Public, multiple shareholders |
|---|---|
| Industry | Sustainable Line Fishing |
| Founded | 7 July 1927 in Port Louis, Mauritius |
| Headquarters | Port Louis, Mauritius, , |
Number of locations | 13 islands |
Area served | Cargados Carajos Archipelago & Mauritius |
| Products | Fishing and Fisheries |
Number of employees | 40 -60 |
The Raphaël Fishing Company Ltd is a Mauritian fishing company incorporated on 7 July 1927 in Port Louis, Mauritius. It is the second oldest commercial company in Mauritius, after Mauritius Commercial Bank (1828).
The company is a fisheries company which is notable under common law for having set legal precedent in the conversion of its 123-year old unlimited jouissance (permanent lease/999-year lease) into a permanent grant by the UK Privy Council in 2008 giving it title to thirteen islands known as The Thirteen Islands of St Brandon in the Indian Ocean on the isolated archipelago of the Cargados Carajos shoals.