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Fisheries: Nature Conservation

Commons · Question 70851 · 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 he is taking to ensure inshore fishing voices are equitably represented in Fisheries Management Plans and Marine Spatial Planning Decisions.

Answer

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 23 Sep 2025

Inshore voices are considered across all fisheries management through support from regional fisheries groups, the Marine Management Organisation’s network of regional fisheries managers, meetings of Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities and other...