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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

1146460

registered interest
date	26/09/2019
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 assessment she has made of the (a) effectiveness of the discard ban in reducing discards of quoata species of fish and (b) the levels of fishermen complying with that ban.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	291398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>Since its introduction, the Government has worked with the catching sector, the wider industry and other Member States for the phased implementation of the landing obligation which came fully into force on 1 January 2019. There has been no formal assessment of the effectiveness of the landing obligation, however, there has been considerable progress in quantifying challenges such as choke risks and developing solutions to mitigate their impact. Solutions include enhancing and promoting the use of gear selectivity measures and maximising the use of quota management flexibilities to ensure quota is used efficiently and effectively to mitigate choke risks.</p><p> </p><p>Since January 2018, the MMO recorded a total of 132 infringements related to the landing obligation: of which 2 resulted in no further action, 24 resulted in a written rebrief, 104 resulted in a verbal rebrief and 2 are under investigation. We are also exploring the use of Remote Electronic Monitoring (REM), alongside other monitoring and enforcement tools, as a cost-effective and efficient way of monitoring fishing activity and ensuring compliance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 07/10/2019 13:45:57 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1142975

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
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 assessment she has made (a) of the effectiveness of the discard ban in reducing discards and (b) of levels of compliance with that ban.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	284472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 09/09/2019 15:59:30 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard