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Written Question
British Overseas Territories: Fisheries
Friday 11th September 2015

Asked by: Nick Hurd (Conservative - Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK Overseas Territories are known to have had illegal fishing activity take place in their waters in 2015.

Answered by Grant Shapps

Fisheries protection and enforcement is a delegated matter under the constitutions of the Overseas Territories. Between January and August 2015, four Territory governments have investigated alleged breaches of their domestic fisheries legislation.