HC Deb 24 January 1973 vol 849 cc176-7W
Lieutenant-Colonel Colin Mitchell

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, from information available to him from international sources, what was the number and total weight of salmon taken, respectively, by inshore nets on the Greenland coast and by drift nets and long line operated in international waters off the Greenland coast in 1972.

Mr. Anthony Stodart

Data on catches of salmon around Greenland in 1972 are not yet available. However, catches in international waters in 1973 will be restricted by international agreement to 1,935 tons, and phased out by December 1975. Fishing within Greenland's national fishery limits will be restricted to 1,100 tons thereafter.

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