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Whether the French committee on fish stocks started legal proceedings against Jersey to stop the Island introducing a higher minimum landing size for whelk fishing in Jersey waters

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WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BY DEPUTY S.S.P.A. POWER OF ST. BRELADE

ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON MONDAY 21st SEPTEMBER 2009

Question

Can the Minister inform members whether, after the last joint management meeting between the French and Jersey Committee on fish stocks and particularly whelk stocks, the French started legal proceedings against Jersey to stop the Island from introducing a higher minimum landing size for whelk fishing in Jersey waters?

Answer

Neither I nor my Department have knowledge of any legal proceedings brought by the French on whelk minimum size or any other Jersey marine conservation measure at the present time.