HC Deb 24 June 1996 vol 280 c41W
Mr. Morley

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will assess the advantages of restricting the fishing of sand-eels in the Wee Bankie areas of International Council for the Exploration of the Seas IVb. [34280]

Mr. Raymond S. Robertson

At the April Fisheries Council we requested that the Commission propose precautionary total allowable catches for sand-eels in the North sea, including ICES area IVb. The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea has been asked to offer advice on these TACs, and whether there would be any advantages in introducing local restrictions for individual sand-eel fisheries such as the Wee Bankie.