Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 13106
Fishing Vessels: Territorial Waters
Tabled: 6 November 2024
Answered: 20 November 2024
Question
Rupert Lowe
Restore Britain — Great Yarmouth
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of banning all foreign supertrawlers from UK waters.
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerIf foreign vessels were prohibited from fishing in UK waters without clear evidence of their negative impacts, we could expect reciprocal action to be taken against UK vessels. For actions relating to the EU, the Trade and Cooperation Agreement sets out v...
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