Fishing Catches
(asked on 13th March 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of the fishing quota in UK territorial waters and the exclusive economic zone is operated by UK registered fishing vessels.
Answered by
Baroness Hayman of Ullock
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This question was answered on 26th March 2025
Fishing quotas are determined within total allowable catch (TAC) management areas. These typically align with the distribution of the biological stock rather than the boundaries of exclusive economic zones.
Latest statistics can be found here MMO Sea Fisheries Statistics 2023.