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<p>The Government has undertaken a thorough risk assessment of fisheries control and
enforcement to ensure we have sufficient assets to meet all possible threats now that
we have left the EU. These assets include, with respect to England via the Marine
Management Organisation, core provision which is a scaleable, enduring patrol, surveillance
and inspection capability based on two to three Offshore Patrol Vessels. In addition,
the ten Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities in England have 22 inshore
patrol vessels to undertake fisheries management and enforcement within the 0-6 nautical
miles zone.</p><p>Fisheries control and enforcement is a devolved matter. It is for
each Devolved Administration to decide how best to control its fishing waters. We
work 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>English
waters comprise around 230,000km<sup>2</sup> of the UK’s total Exclusive Economic
Zone of approximately 683,000km<sup>2</sup>.</p>
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