questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his department has made of the potential impact of bycatch on marine wildlife.
answerText: To assess bycatch and the impacts on marine species, Defra continues to fund a range of monitoring initiatives such as the Bycatch Monitoring Programme which reports annually on bycatch rates analysed by gear type, the Cefas fisheries observer programme, ...
heading: Fishing Catches