Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 115924
Total Allowable Catches
Tabled: 25 February 2026
Answered: 4 March 2026
Question
Dr Roz Savage
Liberal Democrat — South Cotswolds
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how her Department incorporates discard estimates into the setting of total allowable catches in the fishing industry.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleTotal Allowable Catches (TACs) are set through a process bringing together science, economics, stakeholder input, and discards information. For most TACs, scientific bodies, e.g. the International Committee for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), provide s...
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