Marine Protected Areas: Bottom Trawling

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to ban the use of bottom-towed fishing gear in marine protected areas on a whole-site basis.

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1. 15 January 2024

   Written question

   To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to ban the use of bottom-towed fishing gear in marine protected areas on a whole-site basis.

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2. 22 January 2024

   Answer

   Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are a devolved competency and the information provided therefore relates to England only. Each MPA protects specific features, whether that is a particular species or a variety of different habitats. Byelaws to protect MPAs f...

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