Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 36991
Salmon: Conservation
Tabled: 10 March 2025
Answered: 20 March 2025
Question
Edward Morello
Liberal Democrat — West Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has had discussions with the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization on measures to protect Atlantic salmon from industrial by-catch in the North Norwegi
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerDefra is working with the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organisation (NASCO) to better understand the risk of salmon bycatch in commercial pelagic fisheries, including the North Norwegian Sea.