Current status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 22 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether its Marine Directorate inspects all boxes of fish landed by non-UK vessels into Scottish ports.
In 2023, Coastal officers carried out 177 inspections from 266 non-UK vessel landings into Scotland, or 67%. Routine inspections by Coastal officers include document checks, box counts, species identification and assurance sampling checks of catch landed. The level of sample checks will depend on risk, which considers the likelihood and impact of an infringement.