Eels: Conservation
Commons · Question 101014 · Tabled 17 Dec 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 6 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Sarah Dyke
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2025 to Question 83877 on Eels: Conservation, what research and development projects her Department are supporting through the allocated £350,000 t
Answer
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 6 Jan 2026
This is a devolved matter and therefore the response relates to England only. Defra’s funding will support three eel management and conservation projects for delivery in 2026: Developing silver eel escapement models to better estimate how many eels migrat...