Fisheries

(asked on 21st March 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including a timebound commitment for each nation to develop and implement a climate-smart fisheries strategy in the Joint Fisheries Statement.


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Victoria Prentis
Attorney General
This question was answered on 29th March 2022

Fisheries management is largely devolved and, as such, it will be for each Devolved Administration to consider how best to take forward these commitments.

The need for robust action to tackle climate change is recognised by the fisheries policy authorities. In partnership with industry and the seafood sector, the fisheries policy authorities will explore the best ways to contribute to the net zero target.

How the industry and seafood sector respond to climate change will require consideration of how their contribution to climate change can be mitigated and how they can adapt to its effects. This needs to be considered across the entire supply chain. The draft Joint Fisheries Statement recognises the importance of these issues.

Defra will be working hard to address these challenges in English Waters over the lifetime of the Joint Fisheries Statement including, where appropriate, using the option of evidence-based time bound targets in our Fisheries Management Plans.

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