HC Deb 22 June 1998 vol 314 c424W
Mr. Gill

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is his Department's definition of coastal fisheries limits. [46032]

Mr. Morley

British fishery limits generally extend, by virtue of the Fishery Limits Act 1976, to 200 nautical miles from baselines. As laid down in the Territorial Sea Act 1987, the UK's territorial sea generally extends to 12 nautical miles from baselines. Sea Fisheries Committee districts for the management of inshore fisheries extend to 6 nautical miles from baselines.

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