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Does my right hon. Friend recognise that drift net fishing for bass is more sustainable, targeted and efficient than fishing with set nets? Will he reconsider the ban, which was introduced as a temporary measure, in order to allow those with an existing bass entitlement to undertake drift net fishing?

Asked by
John Whittingdale (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Topical questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
1 February 2024
Reference
744 c978
House
House of Commons

Bass stocks are still recovering from poor spawning periods and overfishing. The bass fisheries management plan commits to review existing commercial access, including gear types such as drift nets, which pose a higher risk to sensitive species and bass fishes. A careful balance must be struck between increasing fishing opportunities and protecting vulnerable bass stocks, but I assure my right hon. Friend that these matters will remain open.

Answered by
Mark Spencer (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
1 February 2024
Reference
744 c978
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effect of a cessation of drift net salmon fishing in 2018 on heritage fishing in North Shields.

Asked by
Holly Lynch (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
20 February 2018
Reference
127127
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the cessation of all drift net salmon fishing in 2018 on salmon stocks.

Asked by
Holly Lynch (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
8 February 2018
Reference
126679
House
House of Commons

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether, in light of the decision by the Government of the Republic of Ireland to buy out, on a compulsory basis, all licences to take salmon and sea trout in drift nets off its coast, they will take steps to accelerate the closure of mixed-stock net fisheries...

Asked by
Lord Dear (Crossbench)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
30 April 2007
Reference
3295; 691 c179WA
House
House of Lords

asked Her Majesty's Government:Further to the Answer by Lord Rooker on18 December 2006 (Official Report, col. 1826), why the information that Lord Rooker undertook to provide to Lord Dear had not been provided by19 March; and when that information will be provided.

Asked by
Lord Dear (Crossbench)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
29 March 2007
Reference
2839; 690 c310WA
House
House of Lords

asked Her Majesty's Government:Why they have allowed drift-net fishing off Strathy Point to continue.

Asked by
Lord Kimball (Conservative)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
14 March 2007
Reference
2340; 690 c128WA
House
House of Lords

asked Her Majesty's Government:What arrangements are being made to ensure that, after the expenditure of the European Union fund of £25 million for compensation, the International Council for the Exploration of the Seas and the Irish Salmon Review Group have stopped the Irish drift-net fishery at the start of the...

Asked by
Lord Kimball (Conservative)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
13 March 2007
Reference
2341; 690 c108WA
House
House of Lords

asked Her Majesty's Government:What impact the recent announcement by the Government of the Republic of Ireland that drift netting is to end off the Irish coast will have on the netting regime under the jurisdiction of the Irish cross-border Loughs Agency.

Asked by
Lord Maginnis of Drumglass (Crossbench)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
23 January 2007
Reference
1180; 688 c221-2WA
House
House of Lords

What were the total salmon catches within the European Union for the years 1961 to 1963; 1971 to 1973; 1981 to 1983; 1991 to 1993; and 2001 to 2003; what has been the percentage decline in total salmon catches over these periods; and what has been the Irish Republic’s drift...

Asked by
Lord Maginnis of Drumglass (Crossbench)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
5 June 2006
Reference
5157; 682 c148-9WA
House
House of Lords

Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Bach on 10 February (WA 125), whether they have made representations to the Government of the Irish Republic on the obligations under the European Union Habitat Directive and the United Nations Law of the Sea in respect of drift netting of north Atlantic...

Asked by
Lord Maginnis of Drumglass (Crossbench)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
5 June 2006
Reference
5158; 682 c149WA
House
House of Lords

What recent representations they have made to the Government of the Irish Republic regarding the introduction of a self-imposed embargo on drift-netting in order to protect and restore salmon stocks in the north Atlantic; and what were the results of those representations.

Asked by
Lord Maginnis of Drumglass (Crossbench)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
2 May 2006
Reference
5155; 681 c53WA
House
House of Lords

What active liaison they have with the Governments of Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands concerning the continuance of their self-imposed embargo on drift netting to protect common salmon feeding grounds within their jurisdiction.

Asked by
Lord Maginnis of Drumglass (Crossbench)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
2 May 2006
Reference
681 c53WA; 5154
House
House of Lords

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) how many of the UK vessels using bottom set gillnets and tangle nets in ICES areas VII e, f, g, h and j that are required to use acoustic deterrent devices (pingers) as of 1 January to...

Asked by
Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
10 March 2006
Reference
55455; 443 c1798-9W;443 c1798-9W
House
House of Commons

(3) what steps are being taken to prevent the deaths of harbour porpoises and other cetaceans in UK gillnet and tangle net fisheries in the Western Channel and Celtic sea caused by vessels which fail to use acoustic deterrent devices from 1 January 2006.

Asked by
Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
10 March 2006
Reference
443 c1798-9W;443 c1798-9W; 38834
House
House of Commons

(2) what measures she plans to put in place to (a) ensure that UK fishing vessels using bottom set gillnet or entangling net in ICES areas VII e, f, g, h and j comply with the requirement to use accoustic deterrent devices from 1 January 2006 under Regulation (EC) No....

Asked by
Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
10 March 2006
Reference
443 c1798-9W;443 c1798-9W; 38833
House
House of Commons

What formal approaches have been made to the Government of the Irish Republic about the impact of Irish salmon drift nets on British salmon stocks; and what has been the response.

Asked by
Lord Maginnis of Drumglass (Crossbench)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
10 February 2006
Reference
678 c125WA; 3762
House
House of Lords

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what representations she has made to the (a) Government of Ireland and (b) EU Commission regarding the use of Irish salmon drift nets in relation to the Habitats Directive; and if she will make a statement.

Asked by
Desmond Swayne (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
6 February 2006
Reference
42966; 442 c887-8W;442 c887-8W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the maximum permitted length is of a bottom set gillnet or entangling net used by UK fishing vessels of 12 metres or more in length, operating in ICES areas VII e, f, g, h and j; and...

Asked by
Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
6 February 2006
Reference
38831; 442 c887W;442 c887W
House
House of Commons

What was their input at the last North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organisation (NASCO) meeting in June concerning drift netting for salmon in Irish waters; whether any further representations have been made to NASCO; and whether they have made representations to the Government of the Irish Republic to curtail their drift...

Asked by
Lord Mason of Barnsley (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
18 November 2005
Reference
2179; 675 c179WA
House
House of Lords