Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Michael Shersby (Conservative), on Tuesday, 15 December 1992, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 23 members in total.

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BREAKDOWN OF TALKS ON THE SOUTH WEST ATLANTIC FISHERY

That this House expresses its grave concern at the breakdown of talks between the British Government and the Argentine Government following its unilateral decision to invite applicatons for licences to fish in the waters of the South West Atlantic without regard to the need for effective conservation measures; notes that action was taken without prior consultation and that it will lead to rapid depletion of stocks of the Illex Squid, thus threatening the economy of the Falkland Islands; and calls upon Her Majesty's Government to renew its efforts at ministerial level and to make it clear to Argentina that the United Kingdom will maintain its veto on the recent fishing accord between the European Community and Argentina unless a mutually acceptable agreement is reached on a joint management scheme for fishing in the South West Atlantic.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1077 

Session

1992-93

Subjects

Fisheries Falkland Islands Marine animals Argentina South Atlantic Ocean

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk