HC Deb 12 December 1963 vol 686 cc124-5W
Mr. Wolrige-Gordon

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the total production of fishmeal in Great Britain in 1963; and how it compared with the total production of fishmeal in each of the preceding five years.

Mr. Scott-Hopkins

The estimated annual production of fishmeal in the United Kingdom for the five years 1958 to 1962, and comparable figures for the first nine months of each of the years 1958 to 1963 inclusive, are as follows:

'000 tons
Jan.—Sept. Jan.—Dec.
1958 60 77
1959 62 78
1960 57 73
1961 57 72
1962 55 72
1963 57 N/A