Shellfish
Commons · Question 70848 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 23 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Rosie Duffield
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle illegal shellfish harvesting in English coastal waters.
Answer
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 23 Sep 2025
Defra works closely with the Marine Management Organisation (MMO), Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities (IFCAs), and other organisations to make sure the appropriate arrangements to enforce fisheries regulations are in place. Given the multijuri...