Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 14801

Fishing Vessels: Licensing

Tabled: 18 November 2024
Answered: 26 November 2024

Question

Richard Tice

Reform UKBoston and Skegness

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many enforcement actions his Department has taken against foreign fishing vessels operating illegally in UK waters in each of the last five years.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is responsible for licensing foreign vessels to fish in English waters and for fisheries enforcement of vessels within English waters. The MMO has boarded and inspected foreign vessels at sea on 1451 occasions sinc...

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