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Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Answer

Mr. Campbell-Savours: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what level of co-operation exists between the UK, other member states and third countries on fisheries control and enforcement. [143246] Mr. Morley: There is extensive co-operation between enforcement authorities in the UK and those of other member states and third countries. Such co-operation is important to ensure the effective application of measures designed to conserve fish stocks. Examples of co-operation involving enforcement authorities in the UK over the last 12 months include: exchanging and sharing intelligence on enforcement activity; bilateral meetings with Irish and Norwegian authorities; joint enforcement operations with the Netherlands in the North Sea; participation of inspectors from other member states and Norway in UK enforcement training courses; participation in the International Conference on Monitoring, Control and Surveillance organised by the European Commission in Brussels; enforcement operations in waters covered by the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission; the development of an operational protocol on satellite monitoring with France, Spain, Belgium and Ireland. Similar operational protocols are also being developed with other member states and Norway.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

359 c218W;359 c216W; 143246

Session

2000-01

Subjects

Fisheries Enforcement Fishery agreements International cooperation EU action EU internal relations

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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