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I share your concern about the protection and health of British waters. Our waters are a precious natural resource and they must be managed carefully. The future of the coastal  communities, many of whom earn their livelihoods from the sea and the biodiversity of the ocean depends on a balanced and considered approach to fisheries management. 

The UK has 357 Marine Protected Areas covering a quarter of the country’s waters but the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy currently restricts our ability to impose more stringent protections on our seas. I am pleased that after the end of the transition period, however, the UK will be able to introduce stronger measures so that we can manage our waters as we see fit. 

The Fisheries Bill currently going through Parliament will help to protect our marine resources and develop plans to restore our fish stock back to more sustainable levels. This builds on a manifesto commitment which promised to introduce a legal commitment to fish sustainably as we become an independent coastal state once again. 

I understand that the access of super trawlers to UK waters is of significant concern to local fishing communities and to those working to protect our seas. That is why I am glad that the Fisheries Bill will provide the Government with powers to licence foreign vessels in UK waters, ensuring that foreign vessels will have no longer have automatic right of access to our waters in the future. 

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