Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 81084

Fishing Vessels

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Anna Gelderd

LabourSouth East Cornwall

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has (a) direct and (b) real time access to systems that monitor EU-registered fishing vessels that are fishing in English waters.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
Fishing activity in English waters is monitored by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO). MMO receives positional data and electronic logbook (elog) catch data for all foreign fishing vessels of 12 metres or more in length. Data from these vessels is r...

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