§ Mr. StreeterTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the Falkland Islands 200 mile economic zone. [164188]
§ Mr. RammellThe Falkland Islands do not have a 200 mile economic zone.
Beyond the territorial sea of the Falkland Islands there is an interim fishery conservation and management zone, the limits of which are defined in a Proclamation by the Governor of 29 October 1986, and an outer fishery conservation the limits of which are defined in Proclamations of 20 December 1990 and 22 August 1994.
The Falkland Islands Government have jurisdiction in respect of fisheries, conservation of living resources and the protection and preservation of the marine environment in these zones. The zones are referred to in the written statement which I made on 29 March 2004, Official Report, columns 81–82WS.
§ Mr. StreeterTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether there have been recent violations by Argentinian vessels of the Falklands Island 200 mile economic zone. [164265]
§ Mr. RammellI refer the hon. Member to the written statement that I made on this issue on 29 March 2004, Official Report, columns 81–82W5.