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Written question asked by Oliver Colvile (Conservative) on Wednesday, 22 February 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 24 February 2017. It was answered by George Eustice (Conservative) on Thursday, 2 March 2017 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Fisheries

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the economic costs to the UK of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (a) globally and (b) in the Western Indian Ocean.

Answer

The UK Government has made no specific assessment of the economic cost to the UK of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing either globally or in the West Indian Ocean. IUU poses a threat to the economic livelihood for many countries with consequences for the marine environment. The UK fulfils its IUU obligations to prevent trade in illegally caught fish by prohibiting the import of fish from countries, identified by the European Union, as not supporting sustainable fisheries.

In 2009, prior to the implementation of the regulation, the European Commission commissioned an evaluation report on the expected impacts of the EU IUU Regulation on third countries. This report aimed to help third countries and the EU access the training requirements to implement this measure successfully, and is available at

https://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/sites/fisheries/files/docs/body/iuu_consequences_2009_en.pdf.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
65026
Session
2016-17
Transferred
Yes
Subjects
Fisheries Indian Ocean
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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