Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 84430

Fisheries Act 2020

Tabled: 22 October 2025
Answered: 30 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 help meet the National Benefit objective of the Fisheries Act 2020.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
The UK requires that vessels fishing against UK quota demonstrate a tangible economic contribution to the UK. This is primarily achieved through the economic link licence condition, embedded in fishing licences. As part of the Quota Application Mechanism ...

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