Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 23251

Marine Protected Areas: Fisheries

Tabled: 13 January 2025

Answered: 20 January 2025

Question

Barry Gardiner

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the paper entitled Marine Protected Areas network report (2019 to 2024), published on 18 December 2024, what steps he plans to take to protect designated features wit

Answer

Emma Hardy

Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are already protected from the point of designation by the planning and marine licensing regimes that cover activities such as dredging for aggregates and construction of offshore wind farms. Fishing activity falls outside th...

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