Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 79927

Bottom Trawling: South Devon

Tabled: 10 October 2025

Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23 September 2025 to Question 75766 on Bottom Trawling: Teignmouth, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of banning bottom trawling in the r

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

The Devon and Severn Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority is responsible for assessing the impacts of fishing in its district, taking an evidence-based approach to the introduction of any restrictions, including a ban on bottom trawling, in consul...

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