Fishing Gear: Recycling
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure adequate funding is made available for local initiatives which support the responsible disposal and recycling of discarded fishing gear.
Answered by Mary Creagh
The Fisheries and Seafood Scheme (FaSS) is a grant scheme in England that supports more sustainable fishing and seafood businesses, including potential support for recycling end of life fishing gear. Through FaSS, Defra funded KIMO UK’s Fishing for Litter project, helping fishers bring litter ashore and expanding port storage and disposal facilities to support its safe collection and disposal.
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