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Eels: Conservation

Commons · Question 82488 · Tabled 15 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 22 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Charlotte Cane

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of progress on eel (a) management and (b) protection since the publication of the eel management plans.

Answer

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 22 Oct 2025

Progress on eel management and protection was assessed in in the Implementation of UK Eel Management Plans (2020 - 2023) report, published in December 2024. The Environment Agency continues to implement the measures set out in the management plans aimed a...