Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 36990

Salmon: Poole Harbour

Tabled: 10 March 2025
Answered: 24 March 2025

Question

Edward Morello

Liberal Democrat — West Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help improve survival rates of juvenile Atlantic salmon migrating through Poole Harbour from the Rivers (a) Frome and (b) Piddle.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
Both Natural England and the Environment Agency are working with the Frome and Piddle Association on potential opportunities regarding salmon stocks.