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Marine Protected Areas: Bottom Trawling

Asked by Neil Duncan-JordanLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 30 June 2026UIN 13071

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many hours of bottom-towed fishing took place between June 2025 and May 2026 within the 41 English offshore marine protected areas subject to public consultation in summer 2025.

Answered by Emma Hardy

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Putney on 16 March 2026, PQ UIN 118879.

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