Marine Protected Areas: Bottom Trawling
(asked on 2nd July 2025) - 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 proportion of England's waters would be closed to bottom trawling when the proposed stage 3 byelaws are implemented.
Answered by
Emma Hardy
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This question was answered on 7th July 2025
We cannot pre-judge the outcome of the stage 3 byelaw consultation, which is currently in progress.