Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 6253
Marine Protected Areas: Bottom Trawling
Tabled: 4 October 2024
Answered: 14 October 2024
Question
Sarah Champion
Labour — Rotherham
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16 September 2024 to Question 4529 on Marine Protected Areas, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of bottom trawl fishing on his nature conser
Answer
Emma HardyFisheries regulators make detailed assessments of the impact of all fishing activities on the protected species and habitats in our Marine Protected Areas and develop byelaws to restrict fishing when it has been assessed as damaging. These site-by-site as...
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