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Fish (Reserves)

Volume 928: debated on Friday 25 March 1977

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asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what estimated tonnage of marketable fish exists within 6, 12, 25, 35 and 50 mile bands around the coast; and what tonnage exists within 6 and 12 mile bands, when calculated on the same headland to headland basis as used by Iceland.

I regret that the figures are not readily available in the form requested, but figures are attached giving estimated catches within 12, 50 and 200 miles of the United Kingdom:

ESTIMATED CATCHES OF DEMERSAL AND PELAGIC SPECIES WITHIN 12,50 AND 200 MILES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
Within 12 miles*Within 50 milesWithin 200 miles
United Kingdom fleetUnited Kingdom fleetOther EEC fleetsThird Countries' fleetsTotalUnited Kingdom fleetOther EEC fleetsThird Countries' fleetsTotal
(000's tonnes whole weight)
(a) Demersal
1972166·9304·4154·882·0541·2366·5233·9130·4730·8
(22)(40)(48)
1973137·7258·8180·975·4515·1315·2247·0118·3680·5
(19)(35)(43)
1974112·7227·3183·2118·9529·4282·2251·4219·0752·6
(17)(34)(42)
1975119·7214·2N.A.N.A.N.A.259·9N.A.N.A.N.A.
(20)(35)(43)
Average 1972–74139·1263·5173·092·1528·6321·3244·1155·9721·3
(19)(37)(45)
(b) Pelagic
1972202·9233·7111·9418·1763·7234·7172·5444·5851·7
(86)(100)(100)
1973249·4288·6202·2504·9995·7290·7267·9637·51,196·1
(86)(99)(100)
1974245·6275·6152·5481·3909·4275·8160·2589·41,025·4
(89)(100)(100)
1975208·1233·3N.A.N.A.N.A.234·2N.A.N.A.N.A.
(89)(99)(100)
Average 1972–74232·6266·0155·5468·1889·6267·1200·2557·11,024·4
(87)(100)(100)
(c) Norway Pout/Sandeels
19724·46·8166·632·4205·86·8350·157·5414·4
(65)(100)(100)
197313·521·9132·241·4195·528·2272·973·7374·8
(48)(78)(100)
197416·936·9166·878·6282·353·0327·5141·5522·0
(31)(69)(98)
197518·634·8N.A.N.A.N.A.46·8N.A.N.A.N.A.
(40)(74)(100)
Average 1972–7411·621·9155·250·8277·929·3316·890·9437·1
(39)(74)(99)
N.A.=Not available.
* Foreign catches within 12 miles cannot be estimated reliably from available data.
† Figures in brackets show United Kingdom catch within each area as percentage of that year's total United Kingdom catch of species in question.
Source: MAFF Fisheries Laboratory.