Massive Marine Reserve Created In Atlantic (bbc.com)

Posted by samzenpus on Sunday January 3, 2016 @06:58PM from the deep-blue-sea dept.

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:So useless. by GrumpySteen · 2016-01-04 00:57 · Score: 4, Informative

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.