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British Overseas Territories: Fisheries

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure a sustainable approach to fishing in the Overseas Territories.

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 4 Nov 2024
Target answer date: 6 Nov 2024
Answer: 14 Nov 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

4 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure a sustainable approach to fishing in the Overseas Territories.
6 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Nov 2024
Answer published
Working together with the Overseas Territories , the UK Government is supporting the development of sustainable marine management practices within the OTs through the Blue Belt Programme. Since 2016, this support has included development of appropriate mo...

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