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Marine Protected Areas: Bottom Trawling

Asked by John MilneLiberal DemocratDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 4 March 2026UIN 115916

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to introduce measures to manage bottom trawl fishing in the 41 English marine protected areas consulted on in 2025; and if she will set out a timeframe for

Answered by Emma Hardy

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Ely and East Cambridgeshire on 13 November 2025, PQ 88509.

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