Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 83899
Fisheries: Quotas
Tabled: 21 October 2025
Answered: 29 October 2025
Question
Pippa Heylings
Liberal Democrat — South Cambridgeshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that fishing quotas are distributed in ways that incentivise (a) lower impact and (b) selective fishing.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleThere are a number of mechanisms in place to incentivise lower impact and selective fishing. In terms of quota distribution, in England we have been running a trial since 2024 called the Quota Application Mechanism, which allocates quota based on environm...
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