Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 27026

Sandeels: Conservation

Tabled: 28 January 2025
Answered: 13 February 2025

Question

Joe Robertson

Conservative — Isle of Wight East

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the ban on sandeel fishing on the ecology of seabird populations.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
The UK Government published its assessment of the ecosystem risks and benefits of a full prohibition of industrial sandeel fishing in the UK waters of the North Sea in 2023. This report, which is publicly available, includes an assessment of the impacts a...
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