Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 98333

Sharks: Conservation

Tabled: 8 December 2025
Answered: 16 December 2025

Question

Dr Roz Savage

Liberal DemocratSouth Cotswolds

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will conduct a sustainability review of spurdog measures before reopening the fishery.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
The UK and EU agreed to reopen fishing for spurdog in UK and EU waters in 2023 during annual consultations for that fishing year. That agreement was reached following consideration of the International Council for the Exploration of the Seas positive scie...

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