Question follow-through · 82139

Fisheries: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of adopting a EU-style carding system to (a) warn and (b) sanction states that are not sufficiently combating illegal, unreported a

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
14 Oct 2025
Target answer date
16 Oct 2025
Answer
21 Oct 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 14 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of adopting a EU-style carding system to (a) warn and (b) sanction states that are not sufficiently combating illegal, unreported a

  2. 16 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 21 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    The UK’s Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing Regulation (1005/2008) includes provisions that support a carding system, to warn and sanction states identified as non-cooperative in combating IUU fishing. Currently, the UK bans imports of seaf...

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