Fishing Vessels: Decommissioning

(asked on 10th February 2021) - 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 estimate he has made of the number of fishing boats that will be decommissioned in 2021 as a result of the UK-EU Trade and Co-operation Agreement.


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Victoria Prentis
Attorney General
This question was answered on 25th February 2021

The decision to decommission a fishing vessel is one for the owner.

There are no plans for a publicly funded decommissioning scheme in England.

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