Question follow-through · 82937

Seafood: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the risk that seafood imports from (a) China, (b) Russia and (c) countries yellow-carded by the EU may be linked to (i) illegal, unreported a

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
17 Oct 2025
Target answer date
21 Oct 2025
Answer
29 Oct 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 17 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the risk that seafood imports from (a) China, (b) Russia and (c) countries yellow-carded by the EU may be linked to (i) illegal, unreported a

  2. 21 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 29 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    The UK has retained the Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing Regulation following its departure from the EU and continues to apply its provisions. While the UK has not formally adopted the EU’s carding system, it does enforce import bans on s...

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