FACTOID # 51: Russia won the first World Air Games, held in Turkey in 1997. Events included hang-gliding, sky-surfing, and ballooning.
 
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Encyclopedia > Ministry of Fisheries

Many states have set up government departments, usually called ministries, which regulate fisheries management within the state's exclusive economic zone. Examples include:


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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (198 words)
The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food was a UK government department, first created in September 1793 (relaunched in 1889 and called the Board of Agriculture.) It dealt with agriculture, fisheries and food safety.
It was the last Ministry in the United Kingdom Government not to be a Department of State.
The Ministry of Defence continues to be known as a Ministry although it has been a Department since the 1960s.
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