HC Deb 03 July 1975 vol 894 c507W
22. Mr. Warren

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will ban beam trawling within the 12-mile limit off the Sussex coast.

Mr. Bishop

While beam trawling is a highly efficient method of catching fish, the main threat to fish stocks arises from general overfishing rather than from the use of any particular fishing method. But my right hon. Friend promised the House on 30th June that we would reconsider this matter, and we will do so.