Bottom Trawling: Norfolk
Commons · Question 14963 · Tabled 19 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Question
Asked by Sarah Champion
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October to Question 6253 on Marine Protected Areas: Fisheries, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of continued bottom trawl fishing in par
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 27 Nov 2024
The Marine Protected Areas Bottom Towed Fishing Gear Byelaw 2023, which came into force on 22 March 2024, prohibited the use of bottom-towed gear over the reef habitats of North Norfolk Sandbanks and Saturn Reef Marine Protected Area. The Marine Managemen...