Fisheries: Birds of Prey

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of fish-eating birds on inland fish populations; how predation by fish-eating birds is considered alongside other factors affecting

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1. 28 August 2026

   Written question

   To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of fish-eating birds on inland fish populations; how predation by fish-eating birds is considered alongside other factors affecting

   Source: Commons

2. 4 September 2026

   Answer

   Defra, the Environment Agency and Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science assessed the range of pressures affecting English Atlantic salmon stocks in 2025. This considered predation by fish-eating birds, seals and other fish alongside wi...

   Source: Written answer

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• Julie Minns · Labour · Commons
• · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Answering body
• Stephen Morgan · Labour · Answering member

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