Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 19 March 2021.
Luke Pollard
Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many hours of at sea surveillance for fisheries protection was deployed in English waters in January and February 2021; and what did the sea surveillance cost.
Victoria Prentis
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
In January and February 2021, the Marine Management Organisation deployed 3372 hours of at-sea surveillance.
The total cost of surface surveillance was £1,111,977 in January and £1,050,472 in February.
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