“there has never been any formal agreement between Ireland and the United Kingdom on the delimitation of a territorial water boundary…”

The Northern Ireland Marine Task Force have, in their own words, been “actively campaigning for effective marine legislation for Northern Ireland through the UK Marine Act and Northern Ireland Marine Bill since 2004.” The UK Marine Act arrived here in 2009, via a legislative consent motion in the NI Assembly, with a NI Marine Bill promised in 2012. Last week NIMTF welcomed the renewed support of MLAs from Alliance, SDLP, DUP and Sinn Féin.  And yesterday some 200 schoolchildren arrived at Stormont …

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