Fish: Animal Welfare
Commons · Question 17463 · Tabled 2 Dec 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 5 Dec 2024
Question
Asked by Jess Brown-Fuller
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of restricting the use of treble barbed fishhooks in England and Wales.
Answer
Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 5 Dec 2024
The use of barbed hooks is currently restricted by several byelaws covering specific fisheries in areas throughout England and Wales. The suitability and need for these restrictions will continue to be monitored and may inform changes if appropriate, howe...