§ Mr. MacdonaldTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Western Isles, 4 April,Official Report, column 160, if he will state the size of the sand-eel catches in ICES Division VIa in 1989, the amount of fishing effort directed towards sand-eel fishing, the percentage of the catch by weight made up of O-group and I-group fish, and the home ports of vessels concerned.
§ Mr. LangThe information available is set out in the table. Data on the breakdown of catches into age groups are not yet available.