Sandeels: Conservation
Commons · Question 27029 · 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 his Department will maintain its policy of a ban on the industrial fishing of sandeels in negotiations with the European Union on fisheries access post-2026.
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...