Ascension Island

(asked on 4th November 2014) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many commercial fishing licences have been sold to UK-registered vessels to fish in the waters of Ascension Island in each of the last five years.


Answered by
David Lidington Portrait
David Lidington
This question was answered on 11th November 2014
Fisheries management is a devolved issue and as such is the responsibility of the Ascension Island Government. A pilot commercial fishery was set up in October 2010. Data from before this period is unavailable. From 2010-2013 no commercial fishing licences had been sold to UK-registered vessels to fish in the waters of Ascension Island.
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