Marine Protected Areas: Devolution
(asked on 25th September 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how he plans to involve devolved administrations in the regulation and enforcement of marine protected areas after the end of the transition period.
Answered by
Rebecca Pow
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This question was answered on 5th October 2020
Marine management is a devolved matter. The devolved administrations will be responsible for the regulation and enforcement of Marine Protected Areas within their waters at the end of the transition period, as they are currently. We will continue to work with them to ensure a coherent approach to marine management in UK waters.