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Marine Protected Areas: Bottom Trawling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will take steps to ban bottom trawling in marine protected areas.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
8 Nov 2024
Target answer date
12 Nov 2024
Answer
13 Nov 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 8 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will take steps to ban bottom trawling in marine protected areas.

  2. 12 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 13 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    It is essential to manage bottom trawling in our Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) appropriately due to the significant damage it can have on protected seabed habitats. 60% of England’s MPAs have bottom trawling restrictions already. The department is conside...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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