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Iceland (Fishing Conservation Areas)

Volume 905: debated on Thursday 12 February 1976

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asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what are the fishing conservation areas known to the Government around Iceland; and if he will list them.

In the Interim Agreement of November 1973 between the United Kingdom and Iceland certain areas were designated conservation areas from which our trawlers were excluded for all or part of the year. These are listed in Cmnd. 5484. Our trawlers have continued to respect these areas voluntarily during the current dispute. The Iceland Government have recently unilaterally promul-