Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support the Falkland Islands to maintain a healthy fishing stock in surrounding sovereign waters.

The Falkland Islands Government is responsible for managing the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Falkland Islands, including managing fisheries in a way that maintains healthy fish stocks. Defra officials have a good working relationship with the Falkland Islands Government on issues of mutual interest, including the fishing occurring in international waters near to the Falkland Islands Exclusive Economic Zone.