Fisheries: Protection
(asked on 25th October 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what fishery protection vessels they plan to have in service in UK territorial waters in April 2019.
This question was answered on 3rd November 2017
Defra is making a full assessment of the scale and volume of sea-based patrol capability required after we leave the EU with the Marine Management Organisation, Ministry of Defence, Royal Navy and other agencies.
The Government has established a Joint Maritime Operational Coordination Centre to coordinate all sea-based patrol activity across marine agencies to derive maximum surveillance benefit.