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date	25/09/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Fishing Gear
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the amount of abandoned, lost and discarded fishing gear from UK and foreign fishing fleets around the UK coastline.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	291136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>Abandoned, lost and otherwise discarded fishing gear (ALDFG) is estimated to comprise 40 – 70% of man-made waste in the ocean measured by weight. Ascertaining the extent of the ALDFG that ends up in UK waters faces a number of challenges, including the movement of ALDFG with ocean currents. One of the best indicators is the Marine Conservation Society’s beach clean data, which indicate that fishing-related litter is amongst the ten most prevalent items recorded on UK beaches.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">Defra recognises addressing ALDFG as a key priority. We are an active member of the Global Ghost Gear Initiative (GGGI): a pioneering and cross-cutting initiative that engages with communities around the world to collaboratively address the problem. The UK Government has provided funding to the GGGI to conduct bespoke workshops with stakeholders to raise awareness and train fishers in sustainable best practice.</ins></p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 04/10/2019 13:58:41 question first ministerially corrected 07/10/2019 20:32:00 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow previous answer version 137443 answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1308251

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date	12/04/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Fishing Gear
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of law enforcement for crimes involving the illegal dumping of commercial fishing equipment in UK waters; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Alex Davies-Jones
uin	179685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2021 answer text <p>The UK has been party to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution by Garbage from Ships (MARPOL Annex V) since 1988, and the international requirements have been implemented in UK law through the 1998 and 2008 UK Regulations. Under these Regulations, discharge of all garbage into the sea is prohibited with very limited exceptions and in all cases the discharge of plastic is prohibited. In 2020 the Regulations were further revised to reflect the current international requirements.</p><p> </p><p>During the 2020 revisions, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) carried out a thorough review of the existing offences and penalties. As a result of this review, the scope of the type of garbage which may not be discharged to sea was widened. Under the 2020 Regulations it is an offence to fail to report the discharge of fishing gear which poses a significant threat to the marine environment or navigation.</p><p> </p><p>The UK’s Port Waste Reception Facilities Regulations (S.I. 2003/1809) put legal obligations on ports and vessels to manage ship generated waste including fishing gear. The MCA has received ministerial approval to review the UK’s current regime on Port Waste Reception Facilities and this review will start in spring 2021.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 15/04/2021 14:05:02 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4849 label Biography information for Alex Davies-Jones

1538125

registered interest
date	01/11/2022
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Fishing Gear
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department will propose a measure to ban bottom trawling on all seamounts in NEAFC regulatory areas at this year’s meeting of the Northeast Atlantic Regional Fisheries Management Organisation.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	75876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2022 answer text <p>The UK advocates an approach of banning bottom trawling where there is a risk of significant adverse impacts on vulnerable marine ecosystems. The UK therefore will support a proposal at this year’s Annual Meeting of the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) to rollover all existing bottom fishing closures in the NEAFC area from 2022 into 2023.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 11/11/2022 10:18:24 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord