Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 70847

Shellfish

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 23 September 2025

Question

Rosie Duffield

IndependentCanterbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for his policies of levels of illegal shellfish harvesting in (a) English coastal waters and (b) Whitstable.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
Defra works closely with the Marine Management Organisation (MMO), Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities (IFCAs), and other organisations to make sure the appropriate arrangements to enforce fisheries regulations are in place. Given the multijuri...

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