§ Lord Hardy of Wathasked Her Majesty's Government:
In which seas or in which areas of oceans fishing needs to be prohibited in order to ensure that viable levels of relevant fish stocks may survive for future food supply. [HL2151]
§ Lord DonoughueDifferent types of fishing are restricted or prohibited in many areas of the world's seas in order to conserve fish stocks. However, there are no total prohibitions on fishing in order to protect stocks in UK waters.
122WATotal prohibitions in certain areas could benefit fish stocks if they were sufficiently large and well targeted, if they could be effectively enforced and if they were not undermined by an increase of fishing effort in other areas. The idea is under current consideration by fishing interests and fisheries scientists in this country and internationally.