FISHERIES: PROTECTION

Sir Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which military assets are tasked with fisheries protection within the UK's exclusive economic zone.

Mr Mark Francois, Minister of State for the Armed Forces: The River Class Offshore Patrol Vessels HMS MERSEY, HMS TYNE and HMS SEVERN form the Royal Navy's Fishery Protection Squadron, which provides the Royal Navy's contribution to fishery protection duties within the United Kingdom's exclusive economic zone.

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