Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 82488

Eels: Conservation

Tabled: 15 October 2025

Answered: 22 October 2025

Question

Charlotte Cane

Liberal Democrat — Ely and East Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of progress on eel (a) management and (b) protection since the publication of the eel management plans.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

Progress on eel management and protection was assessed in in the Implementation of UK Eel Management Plans (2020 – 2023) report, published in December 2024. The Environment Agency continues to implement the measures set out in the management plans aimed a...

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