Fishing Gear
Commons · Question 36326 · Tabled 6 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Ben Maguire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a minimum-distance rule for gill nets.
Answer
Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 19 Mar 2025
Decisions on an assessment 0-6 nautical miles from the shore would be for individual Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities, with measures beyond six nautical miles falling to the Marine Management Organisation.