HC Deb 22 July 2004 vol 424 c416W
Mr. Paterson

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether she has had discussions with representatives of the Polish Government on arrangements for access to Polish fishing vessels to British waters. [184816]

Mr. Bradshaw

No. Poland has no access to the 6–12 mile zone from the UK's shoreline. And whilst the principle of free access in the Community's Exclusive Economic Zone from 12 to 200 miles offshore applies to all member states the only access Poland has to any quota stocks where the UK has an interest is limited to 1096t of mackerel in western Community waters, out of a total allowable catch of 545,500t.