Marine Protected Areas
(asked on 11th July 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps is he taking to expand the size of UK’s Blue Belt.
This question was answered on 17th July 2018
The Government is currently consulting on the Third Tranche of Marine Conservation Zones which closes on 20 July. In this consultation we are proposing 41 new sites, covering an area of 11,700 km2. If all 41 new sites are designated then a total of 218,000 km2 will be protected in the UK’s Blue Belt.