Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 97428

Fishing Catches

Tabled: 4 December 2025
Answered: 10 December 2025

Question

Martin Wrigley

Liberal DemocratNewton Abbot

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to increase the corresponding recreational bag limit when commercial bass catch limits are increased.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
Annual negotiations between the UK and EU to decide fishing opportunities for 2026 have recently concluded. The outcome for both commercial and recreational seabass opportunities will be made public shortly.

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