States voting figures - French fishing vessels (FOI)

Produced by the Freedom of Information office
Authored by Government of Jersey on behalf of the States Greffe and published on 29 March 2023.
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Request

Who voted in the States to allow the French to buy bigger vessels to fish in our Jersey waters if they had already been given a free licence?

Response

It is understood that the request relates to the vote on the Draft Sea Fisheries (TCA – Licensing of Fishing Boats) (Amendment of Law and Regulations) (No. 2) (Jersey) Regulations 202- (P.115/2022), approved by the States Assembly on 7th February 2023.

Draft Sea Fisheries (TCA – Licensing of Fishing Boats) (Amendment of Law and Regulations) (No. 2) (Jersey) Regulations 202- (P.115/2022).pdf (statesassembly.gov.je)

The information requested is publicly available on the States Assembly website at the following link:

Vote for Draft Sea Fisheries (TCA – Licensing of Fishing Boats) (Amendment of Law and Regulations) (No. 2) (Jersey) Regulations 202- (P.115-2022) Regulations (statesassembly.gov.je)

Article 23 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has therefore been applied. 

Article applied

Article 23 - Information accessible to applicant by other means

(1) Information is absolutely exempt information if it is reasonably available to the applicant, otherwise than under this Law, whether or not free of charge.

(2) A scheduled public authority that refuses an application for information on this ground must make reasonable efforts to inform the applicant where the applicant may obtain the information.

This response has been issued on behalf of the States Greffe. The States Greffe is responsible for the information held by (and on behalf of) both itself and the States Assembly.  Neither the States Assembly nor the States Greffe form part of the Government of Jersey and the Government was not involved either in the examination and retrieval of any information required for this response, nor in the drafting of the response itself.