Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 12670
Marine Animals: Fishing Catches
Tabled: 4 November 2024
Answered: 11 November 2024
Question
Dr Beccy Cooper
Labour — Worthing West
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure super trawlers report marine mammal by-catch to the Marine Management Organisation.
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerThis Government are committed to protecting our wildlife and putting nature on the road to recovery. Defra are working to improve monitoring and understanding of bycatch incidences as part of the Bycatch Mitigation Initiative. This includes continued annu...
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