Sandeels: Fisheries
Commons · Question 27028 · Tabled 28 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Joe Robertson
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish his Department’s assessment of the potential risks of continued sandeel fishing for (a) biodiversity and (b) marine ecosystems.
Answer
Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 13 Feb 2025
The UK Government published its assessment of the ecosystem risks and benefits of a full prohibition of industrial sandeel fishing in the UK waters of the North Sea in 2023. This report, which is publicly available, includes an assessment of the impacts a...