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 fish caught in UK territorial waters and the exclusive economic zone was landed at UK ports and harbours in the most recent year for which records exist.
Answered by
Baroness Hayman of Ullock
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Latest statistics can be found here: MMO Sea Fisheries Statistics 2023. In 2023, 66% of the volume and 78% of the value of landings by UK vessels from the UK territorial waters and the exclusive economic zone were landed at UK ports and harbours. This was 393 thousand tonnes, worth £749 million.
In addition to UK vessels, foreign vessels landed 19 thousand tonnes, worth £27 million into UK ports and harbours in the same year. Most of this fish was caught in UK exclusive economic zone by EU, Norwegian and Faroese flagged vessels who are licensed to fish in UK waters through our international agreements.