Recreational Sea Bass Fishing Debate
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Christopher Chope
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(8 years, 11 months ago)
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Scott Mann
I will try to check out that column in The Times. It is not my regular newspaper—I normally read The Telegraph and The Sun—but I will go back and check it. Such agreements may be fine in other waters, but we should have an understanding that our territorial waters inside the 6-mile limit should be protected for our fisheries and our people.
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch) (Con)
My hon. Friend is making a splendid speech, which I know will be much supported by Christchurch fishermen. Does he agree that Iceland decided to take control of its own fisheries and that those fisheries are a fantastic success?
Scott Mann
I welcome my hon. Friend’s intervention. I agree that many fisheries people feel that that is the case.