Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 7677

Shellfish

Tabled: 7 October 2024
Answered: 10 October 2024
Named Day

Question

Jayne Kirkham

Labour (Co-op)Truro and Falmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to increase the minimum landing size of Fal oysters from 67 to 72mm.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
The Cornwall Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority have written to the Defra asking for approval of their request to increase the minimum landing size of native oysters under the Fal Fishery Order 2016. This request and the evidence for making the ...

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