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Fishing Vessels: Licensing

Asked by Pippa HeylingsLiberal DemocratDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 24 November 2025UIN 91570

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to bring forward legislation to formalise the license variation requiring English fishing vessels under 12m to operate iVMS while at sea.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

A Statutory Instrument is scheduled to be laid once the Marine Management Organisation's rollout of IVMS has concluded.

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