Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 82139

Fisheries: Regulation

Tabled: 14 October 2025

Answered: 21 October 2025

Question

Chris Hinchliff

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of adopting a EU-style carding system to (a) warn and (b) sanction states that are not sufficiently combating illegal, unreported a

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

The UK’s Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing Regulation (1005/2008) includes provisions that support a carding system, to warn and sanction states identified as non-cooperative in combating IUU fishing. Currently, the UK bans imports of seaf...

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