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This consultation ended 11 March 2026.

Consultation period:
20 November 2025 to 11 March 2026
Last updated:

Reviewing responses

The responses to this consultation are currently being reviewed. Details of the outcome will be published here in due course.

Original consultation

We want your views on 11 proposed joint UK Fisheries Management Plans (FMPs) for demersal fish stocks.

Consultation description

This is a joint consultation between the Welsh, UK, Scottish and Northern Ireland governments.

Under the Fisheries Act 2020, the 4 UK fisheries policy authorities published a Joint Fisheries Statement. This statement includes a list of FMPs to be published over a 6 year period.

We want your views on 11 joint FMPs for demersal fish stocks to be published in 2026.  

This consultation is being held on gov.scot