Fishing Catches: White Fish
Commons · Question 34338 · Tabled 27 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Steve Darling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has considered increasing the trawler by-catch limit for bass.
Answer
Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 11 Mar 2025
Negotiations between the UK and EU concerning the allocation of fishing opportunities for over 70 stocks, including bass, take place on an annual basis. This year on the 9 December annual bycatch limits for commercial trawls and seines were agreed. Fisher...