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Fisheries: South West

Commons · Question 89144 · Tabled 10 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 18 Nov 2025

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Asked by Ben Maguire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the level of quota allocations for (a) bass, (b) horse mackerel and (c) other species for inshore fishers in (i) Cornwall and (ii) the S

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Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 18 Nov 2025

The UK's allocations of quota stocks (including horse mackerel) are derived from fixed shares of total allowable catches (TACs), which the UK sets via negotiation with other coastal States. Our approach to setting TACs is based on the best available scien...