The text on this page has been created from Hansard archive content, it may contain typographical errors.
Mr. Sproat
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what estimate he has made of the value and amount of herring caught in United Kingdom waters by EEC vessels in the period following the EEC ban on the catching of herring.
Mr. Buchanan-Smith
Herring can be caught legitimately as a by-catch, but I regret that no useful estimate can be made.