HC Deb 24 November 1970 vol 807 cc94-5W
Mr. W. H. K. Baker

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many fishing vessels, by categories, were lost at sea in each of the past five years to the nearest convenient date, expressing the totals of each category and the percentages of the fleets at sea in each case in each year.

Mr. Noble

The table below shows the number of fishing vessels lost at sea in the last five years, and as a percentage

INSHORE NEAR WATER MIDDLE WATER DISTANT WATER DEEP SEA TRAWLERS
40 ft.-79.9 ft. 80 ft.-109.9 ft. 110 ft,-139.9 ft. 140 ft. and over 80 ft. and over
Year Vessels Lost Per 100 of Population Vessels Lost Per 100 of Population Vessels Lost Per 100 of Population Vessels Lost Per 100 of Population Vessels Lost Per 100 of Population
1965 … 4 0.4 1 0.4 3 1.5 1 0.5 5 0.8
1966 … 3 0.3 — — 1 0.5 1 0.5 2 0.3
1967 … 12 1.0 — — 1 0.5 — — 1 0.2
1968 … 11 0.8 1 0.5 2 1.1 4 2.4 7 1.3
1969 … 9 0.7 — — 2 1.1 — — 2 0.4
TOTALS … 39 0.7 2 0.2 9 1.0 6 0.7 17 0.6
AVERAGES 7.8 0.4 1.8 1.2 3.4