Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 7964

Cetaceans: Faroe Islands

Tabled: 8 October 2024
Answered: 15 October 2024

Question

Alex Mayer

LabourDunstable and Leighton Buzzard

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the Faroese Minister for Fisheries on cetacean hunts.

Answer

Emma Hardy
The UK strongly opposes the hunting of all cetaceans other than some limited activities by indigenous people for clearly defined subsistence needs. The UK reaffirmed its strong support for the global moratorium on commercial whaling at the September Inter...

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