United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 188437
Marine Animals: Fishing Catches
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7 June 2023
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12 June 2023 · Answer
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12 June 2023
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to help ensure that fishers meet the mandatory requirement under their fishing vessel licence conditions to report any bycatch of marine mammals
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7 June 2023
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to help ensure that fishers meet the mandatory requirement under their fishing vessel licence conditions to report any bycatch of marine mammals
Source: Commons
12 June 2023
Answer
The Government recognises that accidental bycatch in fisheries is one of the greatest threats faced by sensitive marine species such as cetaceans, and we remain fully committed to tackling this issue. The UK introduced new rules in 2021 making it a mandat...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-06-07/188437
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1642628
- uk · wq-1642628 · source updated 12 June 2023