Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 27028
Sandeels: Fisheries
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 he will publish his Department’s assessment of the potential risks of continued sandeel fishing for (a) biodiversity and (b) marine ecosystems.
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerThe 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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