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Fish: Conservation

Commons · Question 84432 · Tabled 22 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 29 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Pippa Heylings

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure Fisheries Management Plans deliver sustainable fisheries management.

Answer

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 29 Oct 2025

In line with the UK Fisheries Act 2020 Defra is committed to managing our fisheries sustainably. Defra has published the first set of Fisheries Management Plans (FMPs) and are on course to publish the next five by the end of 2025, with a further four to b...