questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of securing new Marine Protected Areas around Antarctica.
answerText: The UK remains committed to establishing a representative network of Marine Protected Areas (MPA) around Antarctica. The UK-led proposal for the South Orkney Islands Southern Shelf MPA was agreed in 2009. The UK also strongly supported the designation of ...
heading: Antarctic: Marine Protected Areas