Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 13675

Sole: English Channel

Tabled: 11 November 2024
Answered: 15 November 2024

Question

Caroline Voaden

Liberal DemocratSouth Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will review the proposed reduction in the sole fishery in the Western Channel.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
There is no reduction in the International Council of the Exploration of the Seas (ICES) advice for Western Channel (7e) sole, from 2024 to 2025. For the 2024 fishing year, the ICES advice was 1057t, for the 2025 fishing year it is 1151t. This is an 8.9% ...

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