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
Labour — Dunstable 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 HardyThe 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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