Marine Protected Areas: Bottom Trawling
(asked on 23rd February 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made on banning bottom trawling in Marine Protected Areas.
Answered by
Baroness Hayman of Ullock
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This question was answered on 23rd March 2026
The consultation on the latest round of proposed byelaws to introduce restrictions on bottom trawling in 41 MPAs resulted in a very large number of responses being received. The Marine Management Organisation is now carefully considering those responses, and decisions will be made in due course.