Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 59610
Bottom Trawling: South East Cornwall
Tabled: 12 June 2025
Answered: 19 June 2025
Question
Anna Gelderd
Labour — South East Cornwall
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of (a) bans on offshore bottom-towed gear on displacement of fishing to inshore grounds and (b) that displacement on (i)
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerIt is likely that fishing activity will be displaced as a result of the management of our Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), but there are many uncertainties. Decisions on the extent of restrictions on bottom trawling in offshore MPAs will be made following t...
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