To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many beam trawlers are based at each English fishing port. [30529]
The most recent definitive information relates to end-1996 when the numbers of fishing vessels in the beam trawl segment administered from English ports were as follows:
| Administrative port | Number of vessels in the beam trawl segment |
| Grimsby | 17 |
| Lowestoft | 65 |
| Hastings | 11 |
| Poole | 10 |
| Plymouth | 10 |
| Newlyn | 38 |
| Brixham | 26 |
| Fleetwood | 3 |
| Total English ports | 180 |
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many British-registered foreign-owned fishing vessels there are at each English fishing port. [30528]
There are 56 British-registered fishing vessels which are regarded as being wholly or partly owned or controlled by foreign interests and which are licensed by the Department's port offices in England, although many operate predominantly out of foreign ports. The numbers and administrative port offices are set out.
Port office
| Number of vessels
|
| Grimsby | 21 |
| Brixham | 1 |
| Plymouth | 15 |
| Newlyn | 19 |