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927047

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
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 discussions he is having with representatives of the fishing industry on the future implications of the discard ban and its effects on local fishermen’s income.
tabling member constituency	North Cornwall
tabling member printed	Scott Mann
uin	155351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2018 answer text <p>I have discussed the implications of the Landing Obligation and possible problems regarding choke species with a number of fishing industry representatives including from the Cornwall Fish Producers Organisation, where concerns over the gadoid fishery in the Celtic sea were raised.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has put forward proposals for mitigation measures which have been included in the join recommendations submitted by the North Sea and North Western Water regional groups to the Commission in May 2018. Other mitigation measures will be developed in discussion with the European Commission and Member States over the next few months for possible inclusion in the annual TAC and Quota Regulation to be agreed at December Council. I had a bilateral meeting with Commissioner Vella to discuss the specific challenge of choke species during the Fisheries Council in Luxembourg on the 18<sup>th</sup> July.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/06/2018 15:53:23 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4496 label Biography information for Scott Mann

909632

registered interest
date	22/05/2018
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the percentage of fish caught within the UK's territorial waters that is caught by British registered fishing boats.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL8127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2018 answer text <p>In 2015, British registered vessels landed approximately 35% of the total weight of landings from the UK’s territorial waters (0-12 nautical miles) and the UK’s EEZ (12 -200 nautical miles or the median line with other Coastal States) combined. Estimated total landings from this area include those by UK, EU, Norwegian and Faroese vessels.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 01/06/2018 12:52:18 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

846322

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
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 he is taking ensure that discard free fisheries are achieved under the provisions of (a) the current discard ban and (b) after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	North Cornwall
tabling member printed	Scott Mann
uin	128985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The UK continues to participate in the North Sea and North Western Waters regional groups on the phased implementation of the EU Landing Obligation which will be fully implemented from 1 January 2019. After the UK leaves the EU, Defra will continue to work with our industry and others to ensure that we operate a discard policy that reflects our mixed fisheries.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 27/02/2018 11:29:53 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4496 label Biography information for Scott Mann

838377

registered interest
date	07/02/2018
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the current discard rates for the major fisheries in the UK; and what assessment they have made of the impact on these discard rates of any changes in the level of total allowable catches after Brexit.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL5497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2018 answer text <p>Comprehensive data on the discard rates across different EU fisheries, including fisheries of major interest to the United Kingdom, were published in 2014 by the Scheveningen (North Sea) and North Western Waters regional groups of EU Member States, in the ‘Discard Atlas of North Sea Fisheries’ and the ‘Discard Atlas of the North Western Waters Demersal Fisheries’, respectively. The reports are available at the links below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nsrac.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/discardatlas_northsea_demersalfisheries_2014.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.nsrac.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/discardatlas_northsea_demersalfisheries_2014.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nwwac.org/_fileupload/CEFAS_Discard%20Atlas%20of%20the%20North%20WesternWaters%20Demersal%20Fisheries_15_12_2014_FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.nwwac.org/_fileupload/CEFAS_Discard%20Atlas%20of%20the%20North%20WesternWaters%20Demersal%20Fisheries_15_12_2014_FINAL.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>From 1 January 2019 all EU fisheries for species subject to catch limits will be covered by the EU landing obligation. Total Allowable Catches (TACs) for 2019 and beyond will be based on catch advice from the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), which will reflect the fact that species subject to the landing obligation will no longer be discarded.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government remains fully committed to sustainable fisheries management which will continue when we leave the EU, with TACs set in line with the science and ending the wasteful practice of discarding.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 19/02/2018 16:38:54 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

837356

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
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 Government plans to maintain the discard ban on fish after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	South Thanet
tabling member printed	Craig Mackinlay
uin	126475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>The UK Government remains fully committed to ending the wasteful practice of discarding after the UK leaves the EU and will continue to work with the industry to address this issue.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 08/02/2018 10:57:09 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4529 label Biography information for Craig Mackinlay

648737

registered interest
date	30/11/2016
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, how many (a) fish stocks and (b) total allowable catches are fished (i) at or below and (ii) above maximum sustainable yield; and what progress her Department has made towards its strategy that all fish stocks are fished at maximum sustainable yield by 2020.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	55773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>We are making good progress towards sustainable fishing with more stocks than ever now being fished at Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY). 31 stocks of the 59 with full analytical assessment in the North East Atlantic (and surrounding waters) were fished in accordance with MSY in 2014, compared with just 19 in 2004[1].</p><p> </p><p>Earlier this year, the UK’s provisional assessment for 2016 indicated that 24 stocks for which the UK has quota will be fished at or below maximum sustainable yield (MSY). A significant majority of these will be fished (a) at MSY rather than (b) below it; information on the specific stocks has been placed in the House Library.</p><p> </p><p>We will be seeking to increase the number of stocks being fished in accordance with MSY in 2017 at the Fisheries Council in December.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] Reports of the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) – Monitoring the performance of the Common Fisheries Policy (STECF-16-05) – CORRIGENDUM to STECF-16-03. 2016. <a href="https://stecf.jrc.ec.europa.eu/documents/43805/55543/2016-03_STECF+16-05+Monitoring+performance+CFP+CORRIGENDUM_JRC100945.pdf" target="_blank">https://stecf.jrc.ec.europa.eu/documents/43805/55543/2016-03_STECF+16-05+Monitoring+performance+CFP+CORRIGENDUM_JRC100945.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 06/12/2016 17:36:07 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

648738

registered interest
date	30/11/2016
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 her Department plans to follow European Commission advice on adopting maximum sustainable yield for fish stock that has improved as a result of the data-limited precautionary approach.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	55772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) have made significant efforts in recent years to assess stocks where analytical maximum sustainable yield (MSY) assessments and estimates are not available and we support both developing MSY proxies in such cases, as well as moving towards full analytical MSY assessments for any stocks whenever supported by available science and evidence.</p><p> </p><p>When a stock first moves from a data-limited assessment to an analytical MSY assessment, it can result in a large change in the advised Total Allowable Catch (TAC) due to the incorporation of additional evidence such as recruitment, both actual and predicted, rather than reflecting a real change in a stock’s dynamics. Therefore, in some cases it may be appropriate to have a short-term staged transition towards MSY.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 06/12/2016 17:33:25 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

443428

registered interest
date	08/01/2016
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, how many stocks for which the UK has quotas were fished (a) at and (b) below maximum sustainable yield on the last date for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	21665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2016 answer text <p>The UK’s provisional assessment is that in 2016, 24 stocks will be fished at or below maximum sustainable yield (MSY). A significant majority of these will be fished (a) at MSY rather than (b) below it; information on the specific stocks will be placed in the House Library.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 18/01/2016 14:31:26 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

442929

registered interest
date	06/01/2016
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 is she taking to achieve an end to overfishing by 2020.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	21320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p>The UK Government was instrumental in ensuring that the EU Common Fisheries Policy contains a legal requirement requiring that by 2020, at the latest, fishing rates are set at levels that will deliver maximum sustainable yield (MSY).</p><br /><p>At the European Union Agriculture and Fisheries Council in December 2015, I maintained the pressure and successfully secured a 50% increase in the number of fish stocks, in which the UK has an interest, that will be fished at or below MSY levels in 2016.</p><br /><p>Stocks fished at, or below, maximum sustainable yield in 2015:</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>1. North Sea haddock</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2. West of Scotland haddock</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3. Nephrops IV in Fladen ground</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4. North Sea plaice</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5. North Sea sprat</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6. North Sea autumn spawning herring</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7. Irish Sea herring</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8. Herring in Division VIa (North)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9. Herring VIIa Celtic Sea and South of Ireland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10. Herring in subareas I, II, V and sub areas Vi and VII</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11. Western Channel sole</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12. Horse Mackerel IIa. IVa. Vb. VIa. VIIa-c. e-k. VIII</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13. Whiting VII b-k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14. Blue ling in Division Vb. and Subareas VI and VII</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15. NE Atlantic spurdog</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16. Roundnose grenadier in Vb, VI, VII</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Additional stocks which will be fished at, or below, maximum sustainable yield in 2016:</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>17.North Sea cod</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18.Nephrops in the Firth of Forth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19.Nephrops in Moray Firth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20.North Sea, West of Scotland and Rockall saithe</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>21.Western Channel plaice</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>22.Rockall haddock</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>23. Megrim in Divisions IVa and VIa</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>24. Irish Sea sole</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 12/01/2016 14:32:00 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

438643

registered interest
date	14/12/2015
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 he has to change the distribution of Common Fisheries Policy quotas for inshore fishing fleets.
tabling member constituency	North Cornwall
tabling member printed	Scott Mann
uin	902787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>Defra is in the final stages of a permanent quota realignment exercise which will represent a 14% uplift in the amount of quota the inshore fleet currently receives.</p><br /><p>We have also announced that the inshore fleet will be the principal beneficiaries of any quota uplift received as a result of the introduction of the demersal landing obligation.</p><br /><p>For species subject to the discard ban from January 2016, we have announced that the non-sector pools will receive the first 100 tonnes of any quota uplift received and 10% of any remaining uplift. For 2016 this represents more than 1,000 tonnes of uplift to support the non-sector in their adaptation to the landing obligation and includes key stocks such as haddock, whiting and plaice.</p><br /><p>In the Celtic Sea there will be an estimated additional 126 tonnes of whiting and 142 tonnes of hake to support the non-sector.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 17/12/2015 12:11:56 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4496 label Biography information for Scott Mann