§ Mr. Hector Hughesasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will tabulate the nations which, during each of the five years, were convicted of
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Year Nationality Date of Arrest Position Penalty 1953 … Belgian … 16. 2.53 Off Wick Head, Caithness … Fined £30—catch and gear confiscated. Belgian … 17. 2.53 Off Sarclet Head, Caithness … Fined £50—catch and gear confiscated. Belgian … 17. 2.53 Off Sarclet Head, Caithness … Fined £40—catch and gear confiscated. Belgian … 17. 2.53 Off Wick Head, Caithness … Fined £40—catch and gear confiscated. French … 2. 8.53 In Rye Bay … Fined £5—catch and gear confiscated. French … 2. 8.53 In Rye Bay … Fined £5—catch and gear confiscated. Norwegian … 16.10.53 Off Marwick Head, Orkney … Fined £50. French … 28.10.53 In Rye Bay … Fined £25 plus £10 costs—gear confiscated. French … 2.12.53 Off Dungeness … Fined £10 plus £5 costs—gear confiscated. Belgian … 19. 8.53 Off Southwold … Fined £10—catch confiscated. 1954 … French … 22. 4.54 Off Vorran Isle, S. Uist … Fined £5—catch and gear confiscated. French … 19. 5.54 In Rye Bay … Fined £10 plus £10 costs—gear confiscated. French … 5. 8.54 In Rye Bay … Fined £20 plus £5 5s. costs—catch and gear confiscated. French … 11.10.54 In Rye Bay … Fined £20 plus £5 5s. costs—catch and gear confiscated. 1955 … French … 11. 7.55 Off St. Ives Head, Cornwall … Fined £10 plus £2 costs—catch and gear confiscated. French … 18. 7.55 In Rye Bay … Fined £20 plus £5 5s. costs—catch and gear confiscated. French … 2. 9.55 In Thames Estuary … Fined £20 plus £5 costs. Belgian … 10. 9.55 Off Southwold … Fined £10 plus £3 3s. costs—catch and gear confiscated. French … 11.10.55 Off St. Agnes, Isles of Scilly … Fined £50 plus £5 5s. costs—catch and gear confiscated. French … 11.10.55 Off St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly … Fined £50 plus £5 5s. costs—part of catch and gear confiscated. French … 5.12.55 In Rye Bay … Fined £75 plus £5 5s. costs—gear confiscated. 1956 … French … 9. 4.56 In Rye Bay … Fined £50 plus £7 7s. costs—catch and gear confiscated. Belgian … 9. 8.56 Off Aldeburgh … Fined £10 plus £3 3s. costs—catch and gear confiscated. 1957 … French … 1. 7.57 Off St. Ives, Cornwall … Fined £10 plus £4 4s. costs—catch confiscated. French … 17. 7.57 Off Margate … Fined £20 plus £7 7s. costs—catch and gear confiscated. French … 17. 7.57 Off Gigha Island, Argyll … Fined £25—catch and gear confiscated. French … 20. 8.57 Off Foulness … Fined £10 plus £8 5s. costs—catch and gear confiscated. 1958 … French … 27. 2.58 Off St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly … Fined £30 plus £7 7s. costs. The collection of fines is the concern of the Courts, and the exact date of payment in each case is not known. It is not however the practice to release vessels until fines have been paid or a guarantee of payment made, and it is not believed that there has been any undue delay in payment. poaching in British territorial waters, indicating the place and nature of each offence, the amount of each fine and when it was paid.
§ Mr. John HareSince the beginning of 1953, the masters of the following foreign vessels have been convicted for fishing within British exclusive fishery limits: