questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October to Question 6253 on Marine Protected Areas: Fisheries, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of continued bottom trawl fishing in parts of the North Norfolk Sandbanks and Saturn Reef marine protected area on the (a) ecological integrity of the site and (b) achievement of its conservation objectives.
answerText: The Marine Protected Areas Bottom Towed Fishing Gear Byelaw 2023, which came into force on 22 March 2024, prohibited the use of bottom-towed gear over the reef habitats of North Norfolk Sandbanks and Saturn Reef Marine Protected Area. The Marine Managemen...
heading: Marine Protected Areas: Norfolk