Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 27029

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, if his Department will maintain its policy of a ban on the industrial fishing of sandeels in negotiations with the European Union on fisheries access post-2026.

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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