Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 12017

Fishing Catches

Tabled: 30 October 2024
Answered: 5 November 2024

Question

Laurence Turner

LabourBirmingham Northfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science's report entitled Assessing the susta

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
As an independent coastal State, the UK sets total allowable catches (TACs) each year for many fish stocks through negotiations with other coastal States. UK positions in those negotiations are informed by the best available scientific advice, including a...

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