The UK Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has requested that the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) revoke the accredited official statistics status for its UK Sea Fisheries Statistics publications. The OSR has approved this request. The decision stems from the need to review and strengthen approaches to data collection, processing, and verification that underpin the statistical reports. According to the MMO, the temporary withdrawal of accreditation will allow the organisation to work on data quality without the risk of failing to meet the high standards required for official statistics. During the period without accreditation, MMO publications will continue to be released, but will have a different status and will not be classified as 'accredited official statistics' under British statistical regulation terminology. This means that until reaccreditation is restored, the data will not automatically be considered as meeting the strict criteria for reliability and methodological soundness established by the OSR. The MMO has stated its intention to address the identified shortcomings and reapply for accredited statistics status once the methodology has been improved. No specific timeline for reaccreditation has been provided. UK sea fisheries statistics are used to analyse the state of the fishing industry, catch volumes, and economic indicators of the sector, so their accuracy is important for government bodies, researchers, and industry representatives.