Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 81080

Fishing Vessels: Prosecutions

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, how many investigations of EU-registered fishing vessels were commenced by her Department in each year since 2020; and how many and what proportion of those investigations resulted in

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
Marine Management Organisation (MMO) does not publish investigations, only prosecutions. The table below lists all cases where charges were brought resulting in successful MMO prosecutions in court of EU vessels in each year since 2020 (there were no unsu...

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