Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 82934
Seafood: Imports
Tabled: 17 October 2025
Answered: 28 October 2025
Named DayQuestion
Barry Gardiner
Labour — Brent 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 EagleDefra 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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