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registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Ascension Island: Fisheries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many licences have been issued to whom for commercial fishing in the waters around Ascension Island in the last six months; and how much accrues to the public purse from each such licence.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	112533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>The Ascension Island Government are responsible for issuing commercial fishing licences around Ascension’s waters. Within the last six months, no licences have been issued for fishing within the Ascension Exclusive Economic Zone.​</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 16/11/2017 17:49:50 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

387290

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Ascension Island: Fisheries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of commercial fishing around Ascension Island occurred in the outer (a) 25nm of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), (b) outer 50nm of the EEZ, (c) outer 75nm of the EEZ and (d) outer 100nm of the EEZ.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	5375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>Since 2014, no commercial fishing licenses have been issued whilst options for marine management around Ascension Island are considered.</p><p>However, between 2010 and 2013:</p><p>a) Fishing took place on 32% of available fishing days in the outer 25nm of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)<br>b) Fishing took place on 66% of available fishing days in the outer 50nm of the EEZ<br>c) Fishing took place on 79% of available fishing days in the outer 75nm of the EEZ<br>d) Fishing took place on 90% of available fishing days in the outer 100nm of the EEZ</p><p>The above data is generalised and not a definitive amount per area as catch data was reported by vessels weekly, however, only based on a single location per week.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 09/07/2015 13:18:53 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

385962

registered interest
date	26/06/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Ascension Island: Fisheries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether an environmental impact assessment has been undertaken of the proposed award of licences for industrial fishing in British waters off Ascension Island.
tabling member constituency	Newbury
tabling member printed	Richard Benyon
uin	4408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p>Ascension Island Government contracted an independent consultant to review the management options for Ascension Island waters. This review examined various factors, including status of the tuna resources and bycatch. Between 2010-2013 when commercial fishing vessels operated around Ascension scientific data, including on bycatch, was collected by national observers on the vessels and is available through scientific papers presented at ICCAT.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 03/07/2015 14:10:34 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon

385963

registered interest
date	26/06/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Ascension Island: Fisheries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how fishing in British waters off Ascension Island will be policed; and what steps his Department is taking to prevent over-fishing or illegal bycatch landings in those waters.
tabling member constituency	Newbury
tabling member printed	Richard Benyon
uin	4409
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text Consideration is currently being given to all options for marine management around Ascension Island. Any decision will be based on scientific justification, financial viability, effective enforcement and monitoring. The type of enforcement will depend on the management option selected. HMG funded a pilot satellite surveillance project around Ascension Island. This data is being used to inform future management and enforcement of Ascension Island’s waters. answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 03/07/2015 14:13:33 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon

385964

registered interest
date	26/06/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Ascension Island: Fisheries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether surveys of fish populations have been undertaken in British waters off Ascension Island to ascertain the effects of industrial fishing.
tabling member constituency	Newbury
tabling member printed	Richard Benyon
uin	4410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p>Commercial fish populations around Ascension island are highly migratory and are managed under ICCAT (The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) for the whole Atlantic. Between 2010-2013 when commercial fishing vessels operated around Ascension scientific data, including on bycatch, was collected by national observers on the vessels and is available through scientific papers presented at ICCAT.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 03/07/2015 11:20:43 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon