Fisheries: Shellfish
Commons · Question 70852 · 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 support the (a) sustainability and (b) economic resilience of small-scale shellfish fisheries post-Brexit.
Answer
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 23 Sep 2025
The Fisheries Act 2020 enshrines in law the Government’s commitment to sustainable fishing, including to produce Fishery Management Plans (FMPs) to ensure our stocks are being fished sustainably and the marine environment is protected. Through FMPs we are...