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1180989

registered interest
date	26/02/2020
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Fishing Catches
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information the Government Digital Service has received on the known variations between sales notes and logbook estimated fish weights when seeking approval of the catch recording app for fishing vessels under 10m in length; and who was responsible for providing that information.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	21400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2020 answer text <p>The purpose of the Government Digital Service (GDS) assessment was to ensure that, during the technical development phase, the project team developing the catch recording app had considered and met the GDS service standard.</p><p> </p><p>Details regarding the known variations between sales notes and logbook did not need to be provided to the GDS assessment panel as they were not relevant to the technical process of designing the functionality of the recording app.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 03/03/2020 15:54:19 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1180990

registered interest
date	26/02/2020
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Fishing Catches
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the estimated catch returns in (a) logbooks completed by fishing vessels required to have logbooks and (b) the catch records submitted by fishing vessels under 10m in length are expected to provide accurate information within the tolerances permitted.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	21401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2020 answer text <p>The purpose of introducing reporting requirements for the under 10 metre fleet in England, for both logbooks and electronic catch records, is to improve the available data and give a better and more accurate picture of what fish are being taken from our seas.</p><p> </p><p>There is an expectation that accurate data will be submitted and a margin of tolerance has been provided to reflect the practicalities of data submission for this fishery.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 03/03/2020 16:22:25 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1180991

registered interest
date	26/02/2020
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Fishing Catches
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the plus minus 10 per cent tolerance was first applied to estimating fish weights in logbooks on fishing vessels of 10 metres and over in length; and whether there has been a recorded change in the average variation between logbook entries and sales notes data over that period.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	21402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2020 answer text <p>The 10% tolerance became a requirement for fishing vessels of 10 metres and over in length following a revision to the EU Control Regulation in 2009. Prior to this regulation coming into force, EU legislation mandated differentiated tolerances for various species of fish. Since this date, data held by the Marine Management Organisation indicates that between 56% and 64% of fishing vessels submitted logbook data within the 10% tolerance.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 03/03/2020 17:01:04 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1178418

registered interest
date	13/02/2020
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Fishing Catches
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of landing declarations by fishing vessels of (a) 10m and above and (b) under 12m in length were received by the Marine Management Organisation within 24 hours of landing during 2019.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	2048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>487 of the 16,951 landing declarations submitted in 2019 by these fishing vessels were received by the Marine Management Organisation within 24 hours.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 26/02/2020 15:54:34 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1178419

registered interest
date	13/02/2020
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Fishing Catches
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of landing declarations by fishing vessels of 12m and over in length were received by the Marine Management Organisation within 24 hours of landing in 2019.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	2049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>15,594 of the 47,450 landings declarations submitted in 2019 by fishing vessels in the 12-metre fleet and over were received by the Marine Management Organisation within 24 hours.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 26/02/2020 15:52:58 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1173211

registered interest
date	24/01/2020
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Fishing Catches
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what quantity of fish can be landed without being required to be reported or recorded by the Marine Management Organisation, if those fish have been caught by recreational anglers or by unlicensed fishermen and are not sold.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	7678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>The requirement to report fish caught to the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) only applies to licenced commercial fishing vessel owners.</p><p> </p><p>Recreational sea anglers can fish for most finfish and shellfish species unrestricted and without the need to report catches to the MMO. However, recreational sea anglers are obliged to comply with EU minimum landing sizes and catch limits for certain species, for example those currently set under EU regulations for bass.</p><p> </p><p>A voluntary option for recreational sea angling catch reporting is available, via the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science managed Sea Angling diary: <a href="http://www.seaangling.org/" target="_blank">www.seaangling.org</a>.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 03/02/2020 09:08:08 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1168455

registered interest
date	19/12/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Fishing Catches
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons under 10m fishing vessels in England are being required, under new licence conditions, to report all fish caught and landed when there are de minimis exemptions for over 10m vessels.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>For paper and electronic recording for vessels over 10m in length, there is an exemption on recording fish under 50kg in the log book. However, this information is supplemented by an additional requirement for a landing declaration which provides accurate weights of all fish caught. A similar exemption was considered for under 10m vessels, however, given some stocks catch limits are very small, applying a de-minimis exemption would not be appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/01/2020 15:59:55 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1168456

registered interest
date	19/12/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Fishing Catches
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to introduce (a) catch recording and (b) reporting requirements on charter angling boats.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2020 answer text <p>In the 2018 white paper “Sustainable fisheries for future generations” the Government committed to explore how we can further integrate recreational angling within the new fisheries framework, recognising the societal benefits of this activity and impacts on some stocks. This work is being progressed and includes engagement with the recreational angling sector.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 07/01/2020 12:55:38 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1168458

registered interest
date	19/12/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Fishing Catches
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether European Court of Auditors reports have raised specific concerns on the information provided to the Marine Management Organisation on sales notes not providing sufficient data on catches by under 10m fishing vessels.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>In September 2013 the European Commission (EC) issued the UK with a European Union (EU) Pilot infraction letter that included concerns over control of under 10m vessel landings in south east England. A subsequent independent survey undertaken in response to the EC’s concerns demonstrated that there were significant gaps in the data provided by sales notes and other documentation.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/01/2020 14:40:07 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1151829

registered interest
date	23/10/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Fishing Catches
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to protect UK fish stocks from over-fishing after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Isle of Wight
tabling member printed	Mr Bob Seely
uin	4353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The UK Government remains fully committed to sustainable fisheries management and the principle of Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY). This will not change once we are outside the EU and the Common Fisheries Policy. We will continue to work with other coastal states in partnership to sustainably manage shared stocks.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will be reintroducing a Fisheries Bill, which will provide a framework to enable us to continue to push for more stocks being fished at MSY and delivering our ambition for sustainable fishing in the future. The first clause of this Bill will enact several sustainability objectives, one of which is to restore fish stocks to levels capable of producing MSY. The Bill will create a binding duty on the UK Government and Devolved Administrations to produce a statutory Joint Fisheries Statement (JFS). This statement must include policies for the achievement of the sustainability objectives, including on MSY.</p><p> </p><p>We will take back control of our waters ensuring that they are fished sustainably. In England, Defra has worked with the Marine Management Organisation to assess the risk of increased illegal fishing when the UK leaves the EU and strengthened our control and enforcement resources accordingly. We are also working closely with the Devolved Administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to ensure a coordinated approach to fisheries control and enforcement across UK waters.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 05/11/2019 11:18:40 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4681 label Biography information for Bob Seely