Closed consultation

Fisheries: removing the licence cap on 10 metre and under vessels

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 17 July 2023
• Last updated: 12 December 2023 — See all updates

This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

Applies to England

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Detail of feedback received

Defra received 30 responses to the consultation via Citizen Space and 4 via email. They also received informal feedback from stakeholders at coastal visits.

The document has been delayed while Defra finalises its policy approach.

Defra expects to publish the document early in 2024.

Summary

Seeking views on the proposed permanent lifting of the licence cap of 350kg of finfish quota species on English 10 metre and under vessels.

This consultation was held on another website.

This consultation ran from
9:30am on 17 July 2023 to 11:59pm on 30 August 2023

Consultation description

We want to know what you think about permanently lifting the licence cap of 350kg of finfish quota species in 2024.

The cap affects 432 English 10 metre and under (u10m) licence holders during 2023.

The cap has been temporarily suspended from 1 March 2023 and will remain lifted until 31 December 2023.

Published 17 July 2023
Last updated 12 December 2023 + show all updates

1. 12 December 2023

   Consultation updated with the number of responses and figures. The summary of responses and the government response will be added to this page early in 2024.

2. 17 July 2023

   First published.