Written questions

Salmon: Conservation

Commons · Question 4796 · Tabled 29 May 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 8 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by Edward Morello

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to provide additional protections for chalk stream Atlantic salmon populations.

Answer

Answered by Mary Creagh, 8 Jun 2026

Salmon are a designated feature in protected sites on four chalk streams: the rivers Frome, Test and Itchen, and Hampshire Avon. Salmon, including those in chalk streams, are protected from fishing pressure through Environment Agency byelaws. England’s dr...