Question follow-through · 91113
Fishing Catches
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much fishing effort calculated in kilowatt days has taken place in English waters between six and twelve nautical miles in each year 2015-2025.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 14 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 18 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 24 Nov 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much fishing effort calculated in kilowatt days has taken place in English waters between six and twelve nautical miles in each year 2015-2025.
18 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Nov 2025
Answer published
Although UK and non-UK commercial fishing vessels are required to report catches in UK waters, they are not required to report whether those catches occurred in English waters or waters between six and twelve nautical miles. As such, this data is not coll...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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