HC Deb 21 December 1979 vol 976 c471W
Mr. Donald Stewart

asked the Secretary of State for Trade how many fishermen were lost at sea in each of the past five years.

Mr. Tebbit

The information is as follows:

Year Total accidental deaths on United Kingdom registered fishing vessels
1974 … … … … 73*
1975 … … … … 29
1976 … … … … 31
1977 … … … … 25
1978 … … … … 45
* Including the 36 fishermen who died on the "GAUL"

Information for 1979 is not yet available.

The above figures cover trawlers and inshore boats, and include deaths due to casualties to vessels and fishermen missing at sea. Deaths due to homicide, disease, and known suicides are excluded.