Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 52789

Fishing Catches: Territorial Waters

Tabled: 15 May 2025
Answered: 23 May 2025
Named Day

Question

Harriet Cross

ConservativeGordon and Buchan

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of fish caught in UK territorial waters was caught by (a) UK vessels and (b) EU vessels in each of the last three years for which data is available; what his Department

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
The UK does not collect data on catches of fish at a level of detail that allows us to determine the proportion of catch made by UK or EU vessels in UK territorial waters. However, under the TCA, 149, 152, and 152 EU vessels were licensed to fish in the U...

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