Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 12399
British Indian Ocean Territory: Fishing Vessels
Tabled: 4 November 2024
Answered: 14 November 2024
Question
Andrew Rosindell
Reform UK — Romford
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that no fishing boats operate within the British Indian Ocean Territory Marine Protected Area.
Answer
Stephen DoughtyThe Blue Belt Ocean Shield Programme provides maritime domain awareness capabilities to tackle Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing activities within BIOT. This includes extensive, risk-based, remote satellite surveillance, tasking of satelli...
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