questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which techniques used by fishermen in UK waters are assessed by her Department to pose the most risk of inflicting bycatch losses; and what measures she will put in place to minimise such risk in future.
answerText: Minister Hardy attended the launch of Wildlife and Countryside Link’s “Hidden in the Haul” report. The department is considering the report’s detail.To understand and address bycatch, Defra funds a range of initiatives including:The Bycatch Monitoring Pro...
heading: Fishing Catches