PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(10 June 2026)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to mandate remote electronic monitoring on fishing boats in UK waters.
Asked by:
Steve Darling (Liberal Democrat)
Asked by:
Steve Darling (Liberal Democrat)
Answer
Defra is committed to expanding the use of remote electronic monitoring in English waters. We are taking a targeted approach and have said that we will implement remote electronic monitoring in priority fisheries, working first with volunteers before moving to mandatory requirements.
In December 2025 Defra successfully completed a first volunteer project with a vessel from the pelagic trawl fishery. We are now working towards making remote electronic monitoring mandatory in this fishery and will make an announcement in due course.
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