Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 83894
Fishing Catches
Tabled: 21 October 2025
Answered: 30 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 has taken to tackle (a) bycatch and (b) illegal discarding by vessels in the last year.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleWe continue our effort to minimise and, where possible, eliminate the bycatch of sensitive species. Working in partnership with industry and eNGOs we have a range of activities in place including: continuation of the long-standing Bycatch Monitoring Progr...
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