questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with environmental organisations on measures to reduce bycatch in UK waters.
answerText: Defra funds several initiatives that monitor bycatch of sensitive species and trial mitigation measures. Notably, its flagship programme Clean Catch works with fishers in UK fisheries to develop and trial ways to gather data on and mitigate bycatch, focus...
heading: Fishing Catches