Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 117288
Fisheries: Navy
Tabled: 3 March 2026
Answered: 10 March 2026
Question
Jim Shannon
Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many times the fisheries protection vessel has been deployed in each of the last five years.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleDefra is unable to confirm the position at a UK level as fisheries protection is a devolved matter. The Marine Management Organisation is responsible for regulating and enforcing fisheries activity in English waters. Its two dedicated Offshore Patrol Vess...
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