Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 62503

Marine Protected Areas: Bottom Trawling

Tabled: 24 June 2025

Answered: 1 July 2025

Question

Mr Angus MacDonald

Liberal Democrat — Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of existing regulations on bottom towed fishing gear within Marine Protected Areas in protecting seabed habitats.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner

The management and enforcement of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) across the UK are devolved matters, and the information provided in this answer therefore relates to England only. The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) and the ten Inshore Fisheries and C...

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