Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 78168

Fisheries: Import Controls

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Sarah Champion

LabourRotherham

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the (a) effectiveness and (b) enforcement of the current illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing import controls.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
The UK Government is strongly committed to preventing seafood caught from illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing from entering the UK supply chain. Defra works closely with the Devolved Governments, Marine Management Organisation and Port Healt...

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