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Written question asked by Matthew Offord (Conservative) on Wednesday, 24 January 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 26 January 2024. It was answered by Mark Spencer (Conservative) on Monday, 29 January 2024 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.


Sharks: Fishing Catches

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many of each shark species have been landed in (a) UK ports and (b) abroad by UK vessels in each of the last five years.

Answer

Our sea fisheries annual statistics includes live weights of annual landings of shark species into UK ports, and by UK vessels into non-UK ports. This data is published at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/uk-sea-fisheries-annual-statistics.

Landings from the last five years for which data is available are provided in the attached tables.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
11312
Session
2023-24
Attachment
Vessel landings in live weight by species 2018-22
Subjects
Fishing catches Sharks
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk