A question on #FishingGear #SouthEastCornwall tabled by Anna Gelderd on 12-06-2025 has been answered by Daniel Zeichner.

Heading: Fishing Gear: South East Cornwall
Question ID: 1812305
UIN: 59609
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-06-12
Asking Member ID: 5353
Asking Member display name: Anna Gelderd
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Anna Gelderd
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many vessels registered to ports in South East Cornwall constituency use (a) bottom trawls and (b) other bottom towed gear.
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Date answered: 2025-07-03
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Is holding answer: false
Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4382
Answering Member display name: Daniel Zeichner
Answering Member handle: danielzeichner
Answering Member Twitter reference: @danielzeichner
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Answer text: UK fishing vessels are registered by port of administration. The nearest port of administration to this constituency is Plymouth, to which 330 fishing vessels were registered as of 1 June 2025.
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Answering body ID: 13
Answering body name: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tweeted: true