Consultation outcome

Queen scallop: proposed fisheries management plan consultation

From:
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Published
10 October 2024
Last updated
16 December 2025 — See all updates

Applies to England

This consultation has concluded

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Summary of responses and government response

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Detail of outcome

We received 16 responses to this consultation. 

The UK government has responded to the views received during the consultation. 

We have now published the queen scallop fisheries management plan (FMP) as required by the Fisheries Act 2020 and set out in the Joint Fisheries Statement.

Original consultation

Summary

Seeking views on the proposed queen scallop fisheries management plan (FMP) for English waters and the environmental report on the FMP.

This consultation was held on another website.

This consultation ran from
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Consultation description

We want to know what you think about the policies and proposed management measures set out in the queen scallop fisheries management plan (FMP) for English waters.

Defra developed this proposed FMP.

The FMP sets out plans for the long-term sustainable management of the queen scallop stocks in English waters.

We are also seeking views on an environmental report, which describes the likely environmental impacts of the queen scallop FMP.

Updates to this page

Published 10 October 2024
Last updated 16 December 2025 show all updates

  1. Added the summary of responses and government response.

  2. Added detail of feedback received. We received 16 responses, which we’re still analysing. We expect to publish the summary of the responses and government response by the end of 2025.

  3. First published.

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