Massive Marine Reserve Created In Atlantic (bbc.com)

An anonymous reader writes: The British government has announced that it will create a marine reserve slightly smaller than the UK in the waters off Ascension Island. The South Atlantic reserve totals 234,291 sq km and is being funded with the help of a £300,000 grant from the charitable Bacon Foundation. Charles Clover, Blue Marine Foundation chairman, said: "Ascension has been at the frontiers of science since Charles Darwin went there in the 19th Century, so it is entirely appropriate that it is now at the centre of a great scientific effort to design the Atlantic's largest marine reserve."

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Re:did poster forget reserve near diego garcia?

[N1AK]

curious that no mention is made on main post or in news article (from state owned propagandist bbc)

Not really, because this isn't a story about a different reserve, not that you'd let them stop you going off on an unrelated rant; I guess you got fed up of waiting for people to actually want your opinion on the matter so now you just project it it anywhere you can imagine up a tenuous link.

Re:So useless.

[GrumpySteen]

What jurisdiction does England have over a Japanese fishing vessel?

England governs Ascension Island, so they have jurisdiction over all ships that enter the waters around the island, regardless of where they originated from. Being from a different country does not give you a free pass to violate the local laws.