Raphael Fishing Company
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The Raphaël Fishing Company Ltd is a Mauritian fishing company incorporated on 7 July 1927 in Port Louis, Mauritius.[1] It is the second oldest commercial company in Mauritius, after Mauritius Commercial Bank (1828).
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Company type | Public, multiple shareholders |
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Industry | Sustainable Line Fishing |
Founded | 7 July 1927; 96 years ago (1927-07-07) 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 |
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The company is a fisheries company which is notable under common law for having set legal precedent in the conversion of its 122-year old unlimited jouissance (permanent lease/999-year lease) into a permanent grant[2] by the UK Privy Council in 2008[3] giving it title[4] to thirteen islands known as The Thirteen Islands of St Brandon in the Indian Ocean on the isolated archipelago of the Cargados Carajos shoals.[5][6]