asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he has any information about the weight and value of white fish and shellfish landings in each of the European Economic Community maritime states over the past five years.

Some information on the weight and value of landings in EC member states is available in international publications, in particular the "OECD Review of Fisheries," but I am afraid that because of various differences in the national information provided it would not be possible to extract information on the total landings of white fish and shellfish over the past five years which is directly comparable between the different member states.