Fish: Sales

(asked on 16th September 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many sales notes were submitted (a) outside and (b) inside the statutory deadlines in 2019 for fish landed by UK vessels within the Marine Management Organisation's (i) south east and (ii) east marine districts.


Answered by
Victoria Prentis Portrait
Victoria Prentis
Attorney General
This question was answered on 24th September 2020

The following table provides data on the numbers of sales notes submitted inside and outside of statutory deadlines:

Sales notes submitted within statutory deadlines

Sales notes submitted outside statutory deadlines

2018 (England total)

55505

85687

2019 (England total)

55291

88482

2019 (South East District)

12977

28330

2019 (East District)

4209

9563

The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) undertakes desk-based checks of sales notes submitted, working with industry to support the submission of timely and accurate data. Where consistent failure to submit data in a timely manner occurs the MMO also has powers to take enforcement action. Since 2018, checks undertaken by the MMO have resulted in action being taken against 178 merchants for late submissions, failure to submit and inaccurate submissions.

The MMO has also launched an initiative to increase understanding among fishermen in England of the benefits to the industry of individual fishermen and merchants submitting timely and accurate data. The additional support and assurance being offered by the MMO seeks to assist the industry in meeting its legal responsibilities to submit sales data on time.

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