HC Deb 22 July 1987 vol 120 c220W
Dr. Marek

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will give details of fishing licences and quotas off the Falkland Islands for the coming year; and whether the total catch is such as to be self sustainable in the present unchanging ecology.

Mr. Eggar

Eighty-five fishing licences have been allocated by the Falkland Islands Government for the second season, 1 July to 31 December 1987. The number is consistent with estimated sustainable catch levels for squid and finfish. Arrangements for 1988 will be decided in the autumn after analysis of catch data gathered in the first six months of 1987.