Ascension Island

(asked on 2nd December 2014) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will publish a list of all operators who obtained commercial fishing licences from the Ascension Island government between 2010 and 2013.


Answered by
James Duddridge Portrait
James Duddridge
This question was answered on 5th December 2014

Fisheries management is a devolved issue and as such is the responsibility of the Ascension Island Government. We have consulted the Ascension Island Government regarding this information. The Fisheries Department has advised that as part of licensing conditions the full legal name and address of the owner, operator and charterer of each vessel was provided to AIG who hold this information in commercial confidence. All vessels are checked under the ICCAT record of vessels to confirm the vessel was registered to ICCAT and have registration numbers and were flagged to an ICCAT-registered State.

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