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
Labour — Putney
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 EagleThe 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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