HC Deb 20 February 1990 vol 167 c677W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what amount and proportion of European Community quotas in Greenland waters was taken by(a) Scottish and (b) English vessels in each year going back to 1976.

Mr. Curry

As catches of species other than cod such as Greenland halibut and redfish are minimal, being essentially by catches, the information in the following tables is for cod catches only.

United Kingdom catches of cod at West Greenland
Catches by English/Welsh registered vessels Catches by Scottish registered vessels
Year Tonnes(live weight) Percentage of EC quota1 Tonnes (live weight) Percentage of EC quota
1976 155 n/a n/a
1977 n/a n/a
1978 n/a n/a

United Kingdom catches of cod at East Greenland
Year Catches by English/ Welsh registered vessels Catches by Scottish registered vessels
Tonnes (live weight) Percentage of EC quota1 Tonnes (live weight) Percentage of EC quota
1976 1,514 n/a n/a
1977 1,393 n/a n/a
1978 45 n/a n/a
1979 n/a n/a
1980 n/a n/a
1981 n/a n/a
1982
1983 66 0.4
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989 1,295 11.3 2 2
1 Prior to 1982 there was no EC quota.
2 Not yet available.
n/a = not applicable.

Source: MAFF

Eurostat

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