Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 70852

Fisheries: Shellfish

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 23 September 2025

Question

Rosie Duffield

IndependentCanterbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support the (a) sustainability and (b) economic resilience of small-scale shellfish fisheries post-Brexit.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
The Fisheries Act 2020 enshrines in law the Government’s commitment to sustainable fishing, including to produce Fishery Management Plans (FMPs) to ensure our stocks are being fished sustainably and the marine environment is protected. Through FMPs we are...

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