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Fisheries: Monitoring | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | Written Answers
The proportion of fishing trips undertaken by UK vessels using remote electronic monitoring (REM) equipment was less than one percent of the total fishing trips undertaken by UK vessels in each of the last three years from 2014 to 2016. The type of vessel using REM equipment were large capacity vessels, fishing off shore for fish stocks that were subject to quotas. In 2016 nearly 40 percent of UK landings of North Sea cod were made by vessels fully documenting their catch using REM equipment.
Fisheries: Monitoring | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | Written Answers
Details of planned UK observer trips are set out in United Kingdom’s Work Plan for data collection in the fisheries and aquaculture sectors. The Work Plan can be found at the Gov.UK website. In England and Wales, 525 staff days per year are allocated to observer sampling with 1032 days for Scotland and 460 days for Northern Ireland.
Fisheries: Treaties | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | Written Answers
Ministers and officials have had meetings with a number of organisations to discuss a range of issues associated with EU exit including the 1964 London Fisheries Convention. As the Prime Minister told Parliament on 29 March, we hope to be able to say something about this soon.
Fisheries: Treaties | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | Written Answers
We are looking very carefully at the London Fisheries Convention. As the Prime Minister told the House on 29 March, we hope to be able to say something about this soon.
UN Convention on the Law of the Sea | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | Written Answers
In accordance with international law, including the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, following EU exit, the UK will be responsible for managing living resources, including fisheries, within its territorial waters and Exclusive Economic Zone.
Agriculture: Wales | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | Written Answers
The Secretary of State has met the Welsh Minister for Agriculture on several occasions as we seek to ensure we get the best possible deal for the whole of the UK. We have committed to carefully considering any proposals that the devolved administrations put forward. Discussions on the issues are ongoing.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Security | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | Written Answers
Civil Servants have to ability to work flexibly across government sites where there is a business need to do so. The issuing of all passes is controlled by the local Departmental Security teams who follow strict procedures and protocols. Information on the number of people holding security passes for other government departments who are granted access to Defra premises is not centrally recorded.
Defra has issued 7501 passes since 2011. Data for 2010 is no longer held.
Defra is currently unable to provide data on the number of Defra passes that are active.