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General Committees
Draft Sea Fisheries (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 - Tue 12 Mar 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Mark Spencer (Con - Sherwood) to move,That the Committee has considered the draft Sea Fisheries (International Commission for the Conservation - Speech Link

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

May. 01 2024

Source Page: UK calls for accelerated action to protect global biodiversity
Document: UK calls for accelerated action to protect global biodiversity (webpage)

Found: This agreement aims to ensure the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of

Scottish Parliament Committee
Letter from Our Seas Coalition, 21 March 2024
 Subordinate legislation: Sea Fish (Prohibition on Fishing) (Firth of Clyde) Order 2024

Correspondence Mar. 21 2024

Committee: Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

Found: Carna Conservation Initiative 19. Cast Away with Katie Tunn 20.

Select Committee
Friends of the British Overseas Territories
 CHA0029 - The UK Government’s engagement regarding the British Indian Ocean Territory

Written Evidence Feb. 28 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: CHA0029 - The UK Government’s engagement regarding the British Indian Ocean Territory Friends of the

Lords Chamber
International Mother Earth Day - Mon 22 Apr 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Benyon (Con - Life peer) restore biodiversity in environmentally critical landscapes, including the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation - Speech Link
2: Lord Benyon (Con - Life peer) On Friday of last week, I was in Cyprus at the Commonwealth Ocean Ministers Meeting. - Speech Link

Written Question
Marine Protected Areas: Territorial Waters
Thursday 28th March 2024

Asked by: Virendra Sharma (Labour - Ealing, Southall)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of classifying all territorial waters as Marine Protected Areas.

Answered by Rebecca Pow

The UK has signed up to the Kunming Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework to protect at least 30% of the global ocean by 2030 (30by30 target). Domestically, we have designated a comprehensive network of MPAs covering 40% of English waters, based on recommendations from our scientific advisors (Natural England and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee). Our priority is to ensure all sites are managed appropriately to meet our statutory MPA target.

Select Committee
Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office
 CHA0008 - The UK Government’s engagement regarding the British Indian Ocean Territory

Written Evidence Feb. 28 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: CHA0008 - The UK Government’s engagement regarding the British Indian Ocean Territory Foreign Commonwealth

Select Committee
Richard Dunne
 CHA0003 - The UK Government’s engagement regarding the British Indian Ocean Territory

Written Evidence Feb. 28 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: CHA0003 - The UK Government’s engagement regarding the British Indian Ocean Territory Richard Dunne Written

Scottish Cross Party Group Publication (Annual return / report)
Source Page: Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Recreational Boating and Marine Tourism
Document: Annual Return 2021 to 2022 (PDF)

Found: • Presentation from Sail Scotland • Marine wildlife disturbance Joint campaign Whale and Dolphin Conservation

Scottish Government Publication (Factsheet)
Marine Directorate

Aug. 19 2024

Source Page: Fisheries management measures within Scottish Offshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs): Draft fisheries assessments methodology report
Document: Draft Fisheries Assessment Methodology Report (PDF)

Found: Regulation 48 of The Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c).