Fishing Catches and Fishing Vessels
Commons · Question 83893 · Tabled 21 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Pippa Heylings
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of current protocols to account for (a) fishing catches and (b) fishing vessel activities.
Answer
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 29 Oct 2025
Seafood sold in the UK is subject to traceability requirements to ensure fish and fisheries products can be tracked from the final point of sale back to its point of origin and included in catch figures. These traceability requirements include rules on re...