Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 81081
Fishing Vessels: Prosecutions
Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025
Question
Anna Gelderd
Labour — South East Cornwall
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many investigations were commenced by her Department of English-registered fishing vessels over ten metres in length for fishing outside six nautical miles of UK waters in each yea
Answer
Dame Angela EagleMarine 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 UK 10m and over vessels which resulted from inspection...
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