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Fishery Protection

EDM number 1090 in 2007-08, proposed by Bill Wiggin on 03/03/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Fisheries and Shipping.

That this House congratulates the international team of fishery protection officers that caught the Belgian beam trawler Zilvermeeuw using blinders attached to both trawl nets; notes the brave actions of a British Fishery Officer from HMS Tyne with Dutch and French colleagues, who had to jump from their rubber rigid inflatable boat onto the back of the Zilvermeeuw, which ignored boarding requests and tried to speed up and escape when approached; further notes the successful prosecution of the Zilvermeeuw's owner, Zeearend BVBA of Knokke Heist, Belgium, and skipper who were ordered to pay a total of £24,350 in fines; further congratulates the crew of HMS Severn and fishery officers for catching the French stern trawler Cap Frehel fishing more than five nautical miles within a closed cod box; further notes that the master and owner of the Cap Frehel were ordered to pay fines and costs totalling £17,110 by Milford Haven magistrates; further notes that the area in the Celtic Sea is closed between 1st February and 31st March to protect spawning cod; recognises the important contribution fisheries enforcement and protection makes to sustainable marine and fisheries management; expresses concern that under the new contract between the Marine and Fisheries Agency and the Royal Navy, beginning in April 2008, the number of Royal Navy Fishery Protection Squadron patrol days could be as low as 600 per year compared to 1,175 in 2007, representing a cut of almost 50 per cent.; and calls upon the Government to ensure that the reduction in the number of patrol days does not compromise the protection of UK seas and enforcement of fisheries rules.

This motion has been signed by a total of 33 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Bill Wiggin03/03/2008LeominsterConservativeProposed
Peter Ainsworth03/03/2008East SurreyConservativeSeconded
James Paice03/03/2008South East CambridgeshireConservativeSeconded
Gregory Barker03/03/2008Bexhill and BattleConservativeSeconded
Anne McIntosh03/03/2008Vale of YorkConservativeSeconded
Richard Benyon03/03/2008NewburyConservativeSeconded
Bob Spink03/03/2008Castle PointConservativeSigned
Lynne Jones03/03/2008Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley03/03/2008Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Paul Keetch04/03/2008HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew George04/03/2008St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Cryer04/03/2008KeighleyLabourSigned
Derek Conway04/03/2008Old Bexley and SidcupIndependentSigned
John McDonnell04/03/2008Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins04/03/2008Luton NorthLabourSigned
Alan Simpson04/03/2008Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins05/03/2008TamworthLabourSigned
Mark Hunter05/03/2008CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis05/03/2008Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Desmond Turner05/03/2008Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Mike Hancock05/03/2008Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
James Gray05/03/2008North WiltshireConservativeSigned
Nigel Evans05/03/2008Ribble ValleyConservativeSigned
Jim Dobbin05/03/2008Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore05/03/2008HendonLabourSigned
Martin Caton05/03/2008GowerLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell05/03/2008Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Malcolm Moss05/03/2008North East CambridgeshireConservativeSigned
Andrew Rosindell06/03/2008RomfordConservativeSigned
Tim Loughton11/03/2008East Worthing and ShorehamConservativeSigned
Bill Etherington11/03/2008Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Jeffrey M Donaldson12/03/2008Lagan ValleyDUPSigned
Peter Luff13/03/2008Mid WorcestershireConservativeSigned

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