Fishing Vessels: Prosecutions
The question
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 year since 2020; and how many and what proportion of those investigations resulted in (a) charges being brought and (b) successful prosecutions.
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle
Marine 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 inspections at sea outside of 6 nautical miles from baselines (there were no unsuccessful prosecutions).
| UK Vessels |
2020 | 0 |
2021 | 1 |
2022 | 0 |
2023 | 0 |
2024 | 1 |
2025 to date | 2 |
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