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Marine Protected Areas: Byelaws

Asked by Barry GardinerLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 7 July 2025UIN 64388

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department adopted the features-based approach for the assessment method for the stage 3 Marine Protected Area byelaws.

Answered by Emma Hardy

The Marine Management Organisation uses a feature-based approach for developing fisheries management measures in England’s Marine Protected Areas, including the proposed stage 3 byelaws. Sometimes these management measures will involve restrictions across the whole of a site, where the features to be protected cover the whole site.

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