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 UK — Boston 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 ZeichnerThe 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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