questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the cumulative days of fishing by vessels carrying (a) bottom trawls, (b) dredges and (c) other bottom-towed gear in the UK’s 63 offshore benth
answerText: The designation and management of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) is a devolved competency and the information provided therefore relates to England only. Estimates of fishing effort in offshore MPAs are made as part of the Marine Management Organisation’s ...
heading: Marine Protected Areas: Fishing Vessels