Fishing Catches
Commons · Question 9746 · Tabled 15 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 18 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Martin Wrigley
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce the levels of sea life unintended to be caught which get caught in fish lines.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Morgan, 18 Jun 2026
Minister Hardy attended the launch of Wildlife and Countryside Link’s “Hidden in the Haul” report. The department is considering the report’s detail.To understand and address bycatch, Defra funds a range of initiatives including:The Bycatch Monitoring Pro...