Question follow-through · 42390
Marine Environment: Conservation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to publish an implementation plan for the Marine Wildlife Bycatch Mitigation Initiative.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 31 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 3 Apr 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
31 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to publish an implementation plan for the Marine Wildlife Bycatch Mitigation Initiative.
3 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Apr 2025
Answer published
Since the publication of the Marine Wildlife Bycatch Mitigation Initiative, we have continued our work to minimise and, where possible, eliminate the bycatch of sensitive marine species. That has included renewing Clean Catch for a further 3-year period. ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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