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Fishing Vessels: Monitoring

Asked by Cameron ThomasIndependentDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 23 February 2026UIN 113008

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 24 November 2025 to question 91566, on Fishing Vessels: Monitoring, what progress has been made on the volunteer early adopter phase for Remote Electronic Mon

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

In December 2025 Defra successfully completed the first Remote Electronic Monitoring early adopter project with a volunteer vessel from Fishery A, pelagic trawls over 24m. Defra is seeking volunteers for further fisheries.

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