Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 118880

Marine Protected Areas: Fisheries

Tabled: 9 March 2026
Answered: 12 March 2026

Question

Fleur Anderson

LabourPutney

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to help ensure that the Environmental Improvement Plan's commitment to implement fisheries byelaws for offshore marine protected areas by the end of 2026 will be met

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
The Marine Management Organisation is following a four-stage process to consider necessary fisheries byelaws in our MPAs. Stages one and two are complete. A consultation on stage three which proposes further restrictions on bottom trawling in offshore MPA...

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