§ Mr. SteenTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs to what extent the Government provide air surveillance of St.Helena's 200 mile exclusive fishing zone to determine the number of fishing vessels fishing(a) legally and (b) illegally in this zone. [136972]
§ Mr. RammellThe Government do not provide any air surveillance of St. Helena's fishing zone. Both the Government and St.Helena are looking at other methods of control of illegal fishing, including the possibility of using satellite surveillance to identify individual vessels within the 200 mile zone.