§ Mr. Tony BanksTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer of 1 February,Official Report, column 697, if he will outline the rights of Portuguese fishing vessels in St. Helena's coastal waters.
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§ Mr. Lennox-BoydPortuguese vessels do not enjoy automatic fishing and access rights in the waters of St. Helena and the dependencies, but can acquire them by separate and negotiated agreement. The only such agreement in force permits two Portuguese vessels to fish for an experimental period of two years within restricted areas of the waters of St. Helena and Ascension island.