Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 69539

Marine Animals: Animal Welfare

Tabled: 21 July 2025
Answered: 1 September 2025
Named Day

Question

Dr Neil Hudson

ConservativeEpping Forest

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to improve the monitoring of marine mammal bycatch incidents.

Answer

Emma Hardy
The UK Government funds a comprehensive bycatch monitoring programme which provides essential observer data on incidents of sensitive species bycatch, including marine mammals. This programme reports annually on estimated rates of sensitive species bycatc...

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