Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 84432

Fish: Conservation

Tabled: 22 October 2025
Answered: 29 October 2025

Question

Pippa Heylings

Liberal DemocratSouth Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure Fisheries Management Plans deliver sustainable fisheries management.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
In line with the UK Fisheries Act 2020 Defra is committed to managing our fisheries sustainably. Defra has published the first set of Fisheries Management Plans (FMPs) and are on course to publish the next five by the end of 2025, with a further four to b...

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