Consultations background:

In July 2023, Defra published a statement on a range of fisheries issues, and announced a series of important consultations for both Fisheries Management Plans (FMPs) and other fisheries management tools, including Remote Electronic Monitoring (REM) and Discards reform.

These issues will go through a public consultation, where all interested parties are given the opportunity to share their views. The CFPO will be submitting a response, so if you would like to engage and feed into this process please do get in contact with the office.

The below factsheets summarise the consultations for both REM and the Discards Reform.