Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 87227

Shellfish: Conservation

Tabled: 3 November 2025

Answered: 26 November 2025

Question

Dan Norris

Independent — North East Somerset and Hanham

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress his Department has made in developing an evidence base to consider whether decapods should have greater protection.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

Defra has commissioned research to address a knowledge gap about how live decapods move from sea to plate. This is due to finish in 2026. In addition, a project on the welfare of decapod crustaceans across the supply chain is included in the Animal Welfar...

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