Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 82559

Fishing Gear: Innovation

Tabled: 15 October 2025
Answered: 22 October 2025

Question

Jayne Kirkham

Labour (Co-op)Truro and Falmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to implement the recommendations of the report by Seafish entitled Supporting the Commercial Uptake of Innovative Fishing Gear, published on 10 Sept

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
The results of this Defra funded report provides a useful insight into the issues and potential barriers to the adoption of more selective fishing gear. The UK fisheries administrations encourage the commercial uptake of innovative fishing gear and will w...

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