PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Shellfish: Dee Estuary (10 September 2020)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will hold discussions with Natural Resources Wales on enabling it to refuse Dee Estuary cockle fisheries licences to applicants who have not made use of a previous such licence issued to them in order to increase availability of such licences for new applicants.
Asked by:
Mark Tami (Labour)
Asked by:
Mark Tami (Labour)
Answer
Whilst the Dee Cockle fishery straddles England and Wales, it is managed by Natural Resources Wales, and therefore comes under the auspices of the Welsh Government.
Answered by:
Victoria Prentis (Conservative)
18 September 2020
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