Marine Protected Areas: Bottom Trawling
Commons · Question 25759 · Tabled 22 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Nick Timothy
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to introduce new fisheries management measures in England’s Marine Protected Areas on (a) bottom trawling and (b) dredging.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 30 Jan 2025
It is essential to manage all forms of damaging fishing activity, including bottom trawling and dredging, in our Marine Protected Areas appropriately due to the significant damage it can have on protected seabed habitats. The department is considering nex...