Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 82934

Seafood: Imports

Tabled: 17 October 2025
Answered: 28 October 2025
Named Day

Question

Barry Gardiner

LabourBrent West

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the trends in the number of verifications of catch certificates accompanying seafood imports undertaken by UK authorities.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
Defra and the Marine Management Organisation work closely with Devolved Governments, Local Authorities and Port Health Authorities to ensure illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing documentary checks are completed at the border and appropriate v...

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