Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 63827

Fisheries

Tabled: 30 June 2025

Answered: 7 July 2025

Question

Jayne Kirkham

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to (a) support and (b) incentivise the adoption of (i) lower impact and (ii) highly selective fishing methods in UK waters; and whether he plans to reform the g

Answer

Daniel Zeichner

We strongly support the use of gear that is more selective and which lowers the environmental impacts. We have been promoting this through a number of routes, including fisheries funding, measures introduced through annual consultations and negotiations w...

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