Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 83893
Fishing Catches and Fishing Vessels
Tabled: 21 October 2025
Answered: 29 October 2025
Question
Pippa Heylings
Liberal Democrat — South Cambridgeshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of current protocols to account for (a) fishing catches and (b) fishing vessel activities.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleSeafood sold in the UK is subject to traceability requirements to ensure fish and fisheries products can be tracked from the final point of sale back to its point of origin and included in catch figures. These traceability requirements include rules on re...
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