Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 70981

Fishing Vessels: Territorial Waters

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 19 September 2025

Question

Lee Anderson

Reform UK — Ashfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to ban foreign supertrawlers from UK waters.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
The UK is committed to protecting our marine environment and ensuring sustainable fisheries. We are taking action through Marine Protected Area management and Fisheries Management Plans, which apply to all vessels in UK waters. Any policy changes must be ...
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