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Select Committee
The Chagos Conservation Trust
 CHA0037 - 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: CHA0037 - The UK Government’s engagement regarding the British Indian Ocean Territory The Chagos Conservation

Select Committee
UK Overseas Territories Conservation Forum
 CHA0024 - 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: CHA0024 - The UK Government’s engagement regarding the British Indian Ocean Territory UK Overseas Territories

Westminster Hall
Global Ocean Treaty - Thu 25 Apr 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Kevin Foster (Con - Torbay) For background, the UN convention on biological diversity aims to promote biodiversity conservation and - Speech Link
2: Thérèse Coffey (Con - Suffolk Coastal) That is why we have done the work in creating many marine conservation zones and marine protected areas - Speech Link
3: Barry Gardiner (Lab - Brent North) The Government could also allow the territories to access funding pots already put aside for conservation - Speech Link
4: Emma Hardy (Lab - Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle) It is one of the most significant steps forward in international conservation in human history—something - Speech Link

Grand Committee
Environment and Climate Change Committee Report: An Extraordinary Challenge: Restoring 30 per cent of our Land and Sea by 2030 - Wed 11 Sep 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Baroness Boycott (XB - Life peer) The fishermen then haul it up, decide what they want and chuck the rest back into the ocean. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (Green - Life peer) Finally, can we please ratify the Global Ocean Treaty agreement, which seeks to conserve marine biology - Speech Link

Scottish Government Publication (Research and analysis)
Marine Directorate

Aug. 19 2024

Source Page: Draft Fisheries Assessment – East of Gannet and Montrose Fields NCMPA: Fisheries management measures within Scottish Offshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
Document: Draft Fisheries Assessment – East of Gannet and Montrose Fields NCMPA: Fisheries management measures within Scottish Offshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) (webpage)

Found: The protected features of the site are offshore deep-sea muds, ocean quahog aggregations and the supporting

Scottish Government Publication (Research and analysis)
Marine Directorate

Aug. 19 2024

Source Page: Draft Fisheries Assessment – East of Gannet and Montrose Fields NCMPA: Fisheries management measures within Scottish Offshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
Document: Draft Fisheries Assessment: East of Gannet and Montrose Fields NCMPA (PDF)

Found: The conservation objective for the NCMPA is to conserve the offshore deep sea mud, ocean quahog aggregations

Written Statements
UK Ocean Leadership - Mon 25 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) statement:“This statement provides an update on UK leadership and engagement on current international ocean - Speech Link

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 MPA (PDF)

Found: The protected features of the site are Ocean Quahog and Offshore subtidal sands and gravels as their

Scottish Government Publication (Research and analysis)
Marine Directorate

Aug. 19 2024

Source Page: Draft Fisheries Assessment – Firth of Forth Banks Complex NCMPA: Fisheries management measures within Scottish Offshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
Document: Draft Fisheries Assessment – Firth of Forth Banks Complex NCMPA (PDF)

Found: The conservation objectives for the Firth of Forth Banks Complex Nature Conservation Marine Protected

Parliamentary Research
Debate on ratification of the Global Ocean Treaty - CDP-2024-0079
Apr. 19 2024

Found: Debate on ratification of the Global Ocean Treaty