PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Porpoises: Conservation (3 December 2014)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she or her ministerial colleagues have made to the government of Mexico on steps to protect the vaquita from extinction.

Asked by:
Kerry McCarthy (Labour)

Answer

At my request, the UK Commissioner to the International Whaling Commission (IWC) raised the critically endangered status of the vaquita at the IWC meeting in September 2014, as well as in bilateral meetings with Mexican officials. The UK commended the efforts and progress made by the Mexican Government in tackling this issue and urged it to continue its important work.

The UK also announced a donation to the IWC Small Cetaceans Fund, which supports research projects, including on the vaquita.


Answered by:
George Eustice (Conservative)
8 December 2014

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