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UIN 77355
Fisheries: Licensing
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15 September 2025
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16 October 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has considered extending temporary licences to (a) crab and (b) lobster fishers who have been affected by recent trends in the number of octopuses.
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15 September 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has considered extending temporary licences to (a) crab and (b) lobster fishers who have been affected by recent trends in the number of octopuses.
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16 October 2025
Answer
No temporary licences are issued. To fish for shellfish, fishers need a shellfish entitlement on their fishing vessel licence from the Marine Manamgent Organisation (MMO) and if fishing in the 0-6 nautical mile zone, a permit from their local Inshore Fish...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-09-15/77355
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1835228
- uk · wq-1835228 · source updated 16 October 2025