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Marine Management Organisation: Staff

Commons · Question 39862 · Tabled 20 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 28 Mar 2025

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Asked by Imran Hussain

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff are employed by the Marine Management Organisation to carry out (a) catch certificate verifications and (b) refusals for seafood consignment imports to the UK; and wheth

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Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 28 Mar 2025

The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) and Port Health Authority (PHA) are the competent authorities for the purposes of the Sea Fishing (Illegal Unreported and Unregulated Fishing) Order 2009. PHAs are responsible for receiving and checking catch certi...