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Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Feb. 26 2024

Source Page: How the public can help conserve rare marine species using phones
Document: How the public can help conserve rare marine species using phones (webpage)

Found: UK government partners with conservation charity ZSL to launch app update allowing wildlife enthusiasts

Commons Chamber
Convention on Biological Diversity - Thu 25 Jul 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Barry Gardiner (Lab - Brent West) I thank her for joining, just a day and a half into her new post, the meeting of the international conservation - Speech Link
2: Barry Gardiner (Lab - Brent West) Target 19 talks of $200 billion a year by 2030 being mobilised to support biodiversity conservation. - Speech Link

Scottish Government Publication (Research and analysis)
Marine Directorate

Aug. 19 2024

Source Page: Draft Fisheries Assessment – Wyville-Thomson Ridge SAC: Fisheries management measures within Scottish Offshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
Document: Draft Fisheries Assessment – Wyville-Thomson Ridge SAC: Fisheries management measures within Scottish Offshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) (webpage)

Found: The scope of this fisheries assessment is the Wyville Thomson Ridge Special Area of Conservation (SAC

Scottish Government Publication (Research and analysis)
Marine Directorate

Aug. 19 2024

Source Page: Draft Fisheries Assessment – Norwegian Boundary Sediment Plain NCMPA: Fisheries management measures within Scottish Offshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
Document: Draft Fisheries Assessment – Norwegian Boundary Sediment Plain NCMPA: Fisheries management measures within Scottish Offshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) (webpage)

Found: The scope of this fisheries assessment is the Norwegian Boundary Sediment Plain Nature Conservation Marine

Select Committee
New Zealand High Commission
 ANT0029 - The UK and the Antarctic Environment

Written Evidence May. 10 2024

Inquiry: The UK and the Antarctic Environment
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Environmental Audit Sub-Committee on Polar Research

Found: establishment of that visionary Treaty, through to its Environmental Protocol, and the Convention on the Conservation

Select Committee
Mr Jean Paul France
 CHA0039 - The UK Government’s engagement regarding the British Indian Ocean Territory

Written Evidence Mar. 14 2024

Inquiry: The UK Government’s engagement regarding the British Indian Ocean Territory
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Foreign Affairs Sub-Committee on the Overseas Territories

Found: CHA0039 - The UK Government’s engagement regarding the British Indian Ocean Territory Mr Jean Paul France

Written Question
Fisheries
Tuesday 17th September 2024

Asked by: Sarah Champion (Labour - Rotherham)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to tackle illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (a) domestically and (b) internationally.

Answered by Daniel Zeichner - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing is a significant threat to ocean ecosystems, coastal communities and global food supplies which undermines fisheries conservation and management measures. The UK Government holds key responsibilities under domestic and international law to tackle IUU fishing.

Domestically, catch documentation is required when importing seafood into the UK from another country to prevent IUU-derived fish entering UK supply chains. Furthermore, seafood caught by a vessel listed on the UK’s IUU vessel list is banned from entering the UK, and controls are also in place to prevent foreign vessels accessing UK ports if suspected of engaging in IUU fishing.

Internationally, the UK co-founded the IUU Action Alliance in 2022 to help drive international support and cooperation to tackle IUU fishing globally and, in line with this, is funding a project in the Philippines to support implementation of robust controls at their ports. The UK Government is also party to a number of regional fisheries management organisations which focus on ensuring our shared fish stocks in international waters are managed sustainably and illegal fishing is tackled effectively.

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Feb. 19 2024

Source Page: Government launches new UK-based environmental science network on deep-sea mining
Document: Government launches new UK-based environmental science network on deep-sea mining (webpage)

Found: Marine Minister Lord Benyon said:  The UK is committed to protecting the world’s ocean and improving

Deposited Papers
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Feb. 03 2010

Source Page: UK marine science strategy: shaping, supporting, co-ordinating and enabling the delivery of world class marine science for the UK, 2010 – 2025. Incl. annexes. 52 p.
Document: DEP2010-0315.pdf (PDF)

Found: [The Darwin Mounds off NW Scotland are now a Special Area of Conservation. ]© Cefas/Crown ©Cefas Photo

Select Committee
Marine Conservation Society
 WQI0026 - Water quality and water infrastructure: follow-up

Written Evidence May. 15 2024

Committee: Environmental Audit Committee

Found: WQI0026 - Water quality and water infrastructure: follow-up Marine Conservation Society Written Evidence