, native_name_a = , native_name_r = , type = , seal = , seal_width = , seal_caption = , logo = , logo_width = 200 , logo_caption = , image = , image_size = , image_caption = , formed = , preceding1 = South Wales Sea Fisheries Committee , preceding2 = North Western and North Wales Sea Fisheries Committee , dissolved = , superseding1 = , superseding2 = , jurisdiction = Wales , headquarters = , coordinates = , motto = , employees = , budget = , minister1_name =

Lesley Griffiths Susan Lesley Griffiths MS (born 1960), known as Lesley Griffiths, is a Welsh Labour politician serving as Trefnydd of the Senedd since 2021. She worked as a secretary to John Marek and the constituency assistant to Ian Lucas, successive Member ...

, minister1_pfo = Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs , minister2_name = , minister2_pfo = , deputyminister1_name = , deputyminister1_pfo = , deputyminister2_name = , deputyminister2_pfo = , chief1_name = Graham Rees , chief1_position = Head , chief2_name = Andy Fraser , chief2_position = Deputy Head , public_protector = , deputy = , parent_department = , parent_agency = Welsh Government , parent_agency_type = , child1_agency = , child2_agency = , keydocument1 = , website = , agency_id = , map = , map_size = , map_caption = , footnotes = , embed = The Marine and Fisheries Division ( cy, Is-adran Môr a Physgodfeydd) is a department of the Welsh Government whose purpose is to protect and regulate the fishing industry in the seas around Wales. Its equivalent organisations elsewhere in the United Kingdom are the

Marine Management Organisation The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is an executive non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom established under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009, with responsibility for English waters. The MMO exists to make a significant cont ...

in England, and Marine Scotland.

Fleet

The division maintains a multi-million pound fleet consisting of five Fisheries Patrol Vessels (FPVs)—high speed boats used for law enforcement and protecting the fishing industry from illegal activity. They were built in

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by Mainstay Marine Solutions, and named after prominent Welsh people.

''Pride of Wales''

Upon being retired by the Welsh Government in 2019, FPV ''Aegis'' was renamed to ''Pride of Wales'' and donated to the

Liberia Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean ...

as part of the Wales for Africa programme. The vessel was hoped to help protect more than 40,000 Liberian fishermen from foreign

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operating illegally in Liberian waters.

Ensign

An ensign for use aboard ships used by the Welsh Government, such as the patrol boats of the Marine and Fisheries Division, was granted in 2017.Flag Institute Flagmaster Issue 160 The flag is a British blue ensign defaced with a yellow

dragon A dragon is a reptilian legendary creature that appears in the folklore of many cultures worldwide. Beliefs about dragons vary considerably through regions, but dragons in western cultures since the High Middle Ages have often been depicted as ...

with red claws and tongue. Such blue ensigns are conventionally used to indicate government-controlled ships, and the dragon is a traditional symbol of Wales. It was designed in 2017 at the request of the Welsh Government by Red Dragon Flagmakers in conjunction with Thomas Woodcock, the

Garter Principal King of Arms The Garter Principal King of Arms (also Garter King of Arms or simply Garter) is the senior King of Arms, and the senior Officer of Arms of the College of Arms, the heraldic authority with jurisdiction over England, Wales and Northern Ireland. ...

. On 19 December 2017, the flag's use by the Welsh Government was authorised by the UK

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, and was registered with the College of Arms in January 2018.

References

External links

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