HC Deb 15 January 1996 vol 269 cc443-9W
Mr. Spearing

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list each treaty currently in force between the European Economic Community and any(a) third nation, and (b) group of nations that provides opportunities for its member states to fish in waters not regarded as a Community resource; and if he will indicate for each treaty the member states taking up such schemes together with the approximate quantity or value of their annual catches. [8299]

Mr. Baldry

[holding answer 9 January 1996]: Fishing opportunities in third country waters and in the regulatory area of the North-West Atlantic Fisheries Organisation are set out in the table.

European community. fisheries agreements with third countries and international organisations
Third country Opportunities available to EC Allocation between Member States
Angola Licences for 5 surface Not allocated between
longliners and 19 Member States
freezer tuna seiners.
Opportunities for
6,550 GRT per month
of shrimp trawlers;
1,900 GRT per month
of demersal trawlers
and 900 GRT per
month of bottom set
longliners with fixed
gillnet.
Argentina EC Quotas: 120,000 Not allocated between
tonnes of hubbsi hake, Member States
50,000 tonnes of
Patagonian grenadier,
30,000 tonnes of ilex
squid and 50,000
tonnes of Patagonian
rockcod or roughhead
grenadier.
Cape Verde Licences for 23 Not allocated between
freezer tuna seiners, Member States
17 pole-and-line tuna
vessels and surface
longliners, and 3
bottom longliners. A
quota of 4,850 tonnes
of tuna per annum is
available.

European community fisheries agreements with third countries and international organisations
Third country Opportunities available to EC Allocation between Member States
Comoros Licences for 37 Not allocated between
Ocean-going freezer Member States
tuna vessels. A quota
of 4,500 tonnes of
tuna per annum is
available.
Equatorial Guinea Licences for 47 Not allocated between
freezer tuna seiners, Member States
2 pole-and-line tuna
vessels and 4 surface
longliners, A quota of
2,750 tonnes of tuna
per annum is
available.
Estonia 1996 EC Quotas: 530
Tonnes of cod, 10,500
Tonnes of herring,
22,500 tonnes of
sprat, and 4,500
salmon (individual
fish). Denmark: 275
tonnes of cod, 5,700
tones of herring,
15,800 tonnes of
sprat, and 2,430
salmon.
Finland: 80 tonnes of
cod and 1,800 salmon.
Germany: 125 tonnes
of cod, 4,300 tonnes
of herring, 4,200
tonnes of sprat and
270 salmon.
Sweden: 50 tonnes of
cod, 500 tonnes of
Sweden: 50 tonnes of
herring and 2,500
tones of sprat.
Faroe Island 1996 EC Quotas: 500 UK: 430 tonnes of
tonnes of cod/haddock, 580
cod/haddock, 2,500 tonnes of saithe, 75
tonnes of saithe, 7,000 tonnes of redfish, 205
tonnes of redfish, tones of ling/blue
3,600 tonnes of ling, 11,000 tonnes of
ling/blue ling, 25,000 blue whiting, 680
tonnes of blue tonnes of flatfish and
whiting, 1,000 tonnes 180 tonnes of 'other'
of flatfish, 4,910 species.
tonnes of mackerel Germany: 10 tonnes
and 760 tonnes of of cod/haddock, 310
'other' species. tonnes of saithe, 6,440
tonnes of redfish,
1,055 tonnes of
ling/blue ling, 180
tonnes of flatfish and
305 tonnes of 'other'
species.
France: 60 tonnes of
cod/haddock, 1,510
tonnes of saithe, 435
tonnes of redfish,
2,340 tonnes of
ling/blue ling, 140
tonnes of flatfish and
275 tonnes of 'other'
species.
Belgium: 50 tonnes of
saithe and 50 tonnes
of redfish.
Netherlands: 50
tonnes of saithe.
Denmark: 11,000
tonnes of blue whiting
and 4,910 tonnes of
mackerel.

European community fisheries agreements with third countries and international organisations
Third country Opportunities available to EC Allocation between Member States
Gambia Licences for 23 Not allocated between
freezer tuna seiners Member States
and 7 pole-and-line
tuna vessels.
Opportunities for 410
GRT per year of fresh
fish trawlers; 2,000
GRT per year of
freezer trawlers
fishing for shrimps
and 750 GRT per year
of freezer trawlers
fishing for other
species.
Greenland 1996 EC Quotas: 31, Germany: 25,360
000 tonnes of cod, tonnes of cod, 51,665
52,320 tonnes of tonnes of redfish,
redfish, 6,000 tonnes 4,590 tonnes of
of Greenland halibut, Greenland halibut,
4,525 tonnes of 2,000 tonnes of
deepwater prawns, catfish, 24,000 tonnes
2,000 tonnes of of blue whiting and
catfish, 30,000 tonnes 4,950 tonnes of
of blue whiting and roundnose grenadier.
6,000 tonnes of UK: 5,640 tonnes of
roundnose grenadier. cod, 325 tonnes of
redfish, 210 tonnes of
Greenland halibut and
250 tonnes of
roundnose grenadier.
France: 330 tonnes of
redfish, 1,012 tonnes
of deep-water prawns
and 3,000 tonnes of
blue whiting.
Denmark: 1,012
tonnes of deep-water
prawns and 3,000
tonnes of blue
whiting.
Guinea Bissau Licences for 26 Not allocated between
freezer tuna seiners Member States
and 16 pole-and-line
tuna vessels and
surface longliners.
Opportunities for
8,800 GRT per month
for freezer shrimp
trawlers and 4,000
GRT per month of
freezer fin-fish
trawlers and
cephalopod trawlers.
Guinea Conakry Licences for 24 Not allocated between
freezer tuna seiners, Member States
10 pole-and-line tuna
vessels and 5 surface
longliners.
Opportunities for
4,200 GRT per month
of trawlers.
Iceland 1996 EC Quota: 3,000 Germany: 1,690
tonnes of Redfish tonnes, UK: 1.160
tones, Belgium: 100
tones, and France:
50 tonnes.

European community fisheries agreements with third countries and international organisations
Third country Opportunities available to EC Allocation between Member States
Ivory Coast Licences for 46 tuna Not allocated between
seiners and 7 Member States
pole-and-line tuna
vessels and surface
longliners.
Opportunities for 600
GRT per month of
freezer trawlers
fishing for demersal
species. A quota of
7,500 tonnes of tuna
per annum is
available.
Latvia 1996 EC Quotas:
1,420 tonnes of cod,
3,500 tonnes of
herring, 19,500 tonnes
of sprat, and 6,500
salmon (individual
fish).
Denmark: 310 tonnes
of cod, 1,715 tonnes
of herring, 11,880
tonnes of sprat, and
1,800 salmon.
Finland: 270 tonnes
of cod, 500 tonnes of
sprat and 3,000
salmon.
Germany: 140 tonnes
of cod, 1,285 tonnes
of herring, 3,120
tonnes of sprat and
200 salmon.
Sweden: 700 tonnes
of cod, 500 tonnes of
herring, 4,000 tonnes
of sprat and 1,500
salmon.
Lithuania 1996 EC Quotas: Denmark: 535 tonnes
2,125 tonnes of cod, of cod, 1,715 tonnes
3,000 tonnes of herring, 5,925 of sprat
herring, 12,000 tonnes and 1,800 salmon.
of sprat, 25 tonnes of Germany: 240 tonnes
flatfish and 4,500 of cod, 1,285 tonnes
salmon (individual of herring, 1,575
fish). tonnes of sprat and
200 salmon.
Finland: 200 tonnes
of cod and 1,000
salmon.
Sweden: 1,150 tonnes
of cod, 4,500 tonnes
of sprat, 25 tonnes of
flatfish and 4,500
salmon.
Madagascar Licences for 42
freezer tuna vessels
and 16 surface
longliners. A quota of
9,000 tonnes of tuna
per annum is
available. Not
allocated between
Member States

European community fisheries agreements with third countries and international organisations
Third country Opportunities available to EC Allocation between Member States
Mauritania Licences for 34 Not allocated between
freezer tuna seiners Member States
and 11 pole-and-line
tuna vessels.
Opportunities for
4,500 GRT per month
of vessels fishing for
crustaceans; 12,000
GRT per month of
black hake trawlers
and bottom longliners;
2,600 GRT per month
of vessels fishing for
deepwater demersal
species and 300 GRT
per month of pot
vessels fishing for
crawfish.
Mauritius Licences for 20 Not allocated between
ocean-going tuna Member States
seiners. Opportunities
for 100 GRT per
month of vessels
fishing by line. A
quota of 6,000 tonnes
of tuna per annum is
available.
Morocco Opportunities in the Spain: 30,212 GRT
period 1 December per year of
1995 to 31 November cephalopod vessels;
1996: 30,212 GRT 11,200 GRT per year
per year of of shrimp trawlers;
cephalopod vessels; 7,412 GRT per year
11,200 GRT per year of longliners; 1,300
of shrimp trawlers; GRT per year of
11,350 GRT per year seiners (North); 4,800
of longliners; 1,300 GRT per year of
GRT per year of seiners (South); 1,550
seiners (Northern GRT per year of
zone); 4,800 GRT per artisanal vessels;
year of seiners 3,000 GRT per year
(Southern zone); of black hake
1,550 GRT per year trawlers; and licences
of artisanal vessels; for 17 tuna vessels.
3,000 GRT per year France: 1,300 GRT
of black hake per year of pelagic
trawlers; 1,300 GRT trawlers and licences
per year of pelagic for 10 tuna vessels.
trawlers: licences of Portugal: 3,938 GRT
27 tuna vessels and per year of longliners;
for 5 vessels catching Greece: licences for 5
sponges. vessels fishing for
sponges.
UK: 13,585 tonnes of
cod: 2,300 tonnes of
haddock; 500 tonnes
of saithe; 400 tonnes
of redfish; 50 tonnes
of Greenland halibut
and 240 tonnes of
'other' species.
Norway 1996 EC Quotas: France: 3.215 tonnes
30.050 tonnes of cod; of cod; 450 tonnes of
3.500 tonnes of haddock: 900 tones of
haddock; 7,000 tonnes saithe; 220 tonnes of
of saithe; 3,500 redfish; 500 tonnes of
tonnes of redfish; 100 blue whiting and 60
tonnes of Greenland tonnes of 'other'
halibut: 1,000 tonnes species.

European community fisheries agreements with third countries and international organisations
Third country Opportunities available to EC Allocation between Member States
of blue whiting; Germany: 3,500
15,150 tonnes of tonnes of cod; 750
mackerel, and 450 tonnes of haddock;
tonnes of 'other' 5,600 tonnes of
species. saithe; 1,880 tonnes
of redfish: 50 tonnes
of Greenland halibut
and 150 tonnes of
'other' species.
Spain: 4,630 tonnes
of cod and 190 tonnes
of redfish.
Portugal: 4,390
tonnes of cod and 810
tonnes of redfish.
Ireland: 730 tonnes of
cod.
Denmark: 15,150
tonnes of mackerel.
Poland 1996 EC Quotas:
1,000 tonnes of
herring; 15,000 tonnes
of sprat; 50 tonnes of
flatfish and 1,350
salmon (individual
fish). All quotas to
Sweden
Senegal Licences for 47 Not allocated between
freezer tuna seiners, Member States
11 pole-and-line tuna
vessels and 6 surface
longliners.
Opportunities for
1,000 GRT per year
of trawlers (inshore
demersal fishing);
4,000 GRT per 4
month period of
ocean-going fish
trawlers; 1,000 GRT
per year of freezer
trawlers; 2,000 GRT
per 4 month period of
freezer trawlers, and
5,000 GRT per year
of ocean-going shrimp
freezer trawlers.
Seychelles Licences for 40 Not allocated between
ocean-going freezer Member States
tuna seiners. A quota
of 46,000 tonnes of
tuna per annum is
available.
Sao Tonne e Principe Licences for 40 Not allocated between
freezer tuna seiners Member States
and 8 pole-and-line
tuna vessels and
surface longliners. A
quota of 9,000 tonnes
of tuna per annum is
available.

European community fisheries agreements with third countries and international organisations
Third country Opportunities available to EC Allocation between Member States
North West Atlantic 1996 EC Quotas:
Fisheries Organisation 5,485 tonnes of cod in
(NAFO) Area 3M; 4,030
tonnes of redfish in
Area 3M; 374 tonnes
of redfish in Area
3LN; 11,070 tonnes
of Greenland halibut
in Area 3LMNO and
350 tonnes of shrimp
in Area 3M.
Germany: 513 tonnes
of cod 3M; 374
tonnes of redfish
3LN, and 540 tonnes
of Greenland halibut
in 3LMNO.
Spain: 1,574 tonnes
of cod 3M; 7,399
tonnes of Greenland
halibut 3LMNO, and
135 tonnes of shrimp
3M.
Portugal: 2,155
tonnes of cod 3M;
3,121 tonnes of
Greenland halibut
3LMNO and 70
tonnes of shrimp 3M.
France: 221 tonnes of
cod 3M.
UK: 1,022 tonnes of
cod 3M.

Mr. Spearing

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the articles of treaties signed by the United Kingdom which are the principal regulation of the European Economic Community, as published in its official journal that relate to and comprise the common fisheries policy; and what method of voting was used in the Council of Ministers to reach its decision in respect of each advance of that policy since 1966. [8298]

Mr. Baldry

[holding answer 9 January 1996]: The foundations of the common fisheries policy are to be found in articles 38 to 46 of the treaty of Rome 1956 to which the United Kingdom acceded by virtue of the treaty of accession of Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom. Articles 98 to 103 of the 1972 treaty relate specifically to fisheries. The treaty on European union of 1993 amended the treaty of Rome. Article 3 of the 1993 treaty specifically refers to fisheries. All three treaties were adopted, by unanimity.