Report to H.M. Government of Gibraltar on “The Management of Marine Living Resources in the Waters around Gibraltar” December 2012 Authors: Dr Chris Tydeman1 Indrani Lutchman2 1 Chris Tydeman is an independent consultant on environment and development issues based in Surrey, UK.
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[email protected] Contents Foreword .............................................................................................................................. 7 Summary ............................................................................................................................. 10 Introduction......................................................................................................................... 21 Background .......................................................................................................................... 24 UK Overseas Territory and relationship to the EU.................................................................. 24 Nature Protection and Sustainability ...................................................................................... 24 Biodiversity Action Plan and global commitments ................................................................. 26 Nature Protection Act 1991 and Fisheries .............................................................................. 27 Previous Analysis of the Fisheries Issues ................................................................................