British Indian Ocean Territory: Fishing Vessels
Commons · Question 12399 · Tabled 4 Nov 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 14 Nov 2024
Question
Asked by Andrew Rosindell
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that no fishing boats operate within the British Indian Ocean Territory Marine Protected Area.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Doughty, 14 Nov 2024
The Blue Belt Ocean Shield Programme provides maritime domain awareness capabilities to tackle Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing activities within BIOT. This includes extensive, risk-based, remote satellite surveillance, tasking of satelli...