§ Mr. Sproatasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what estimate he has made of the value of the catch by British fishing vessels off the coast of the Faroes in 1976.
§ Mr. Hugh D. BrownI have been asked to reply.
The catch in Faroese waters by United Kingdom fishing vessels in the period 1st January to 30 the April 1976 is valued at approximately £3 million. Figures for the months of May and June 1976 are 519W not yet available. At this stage no realiable estimate of the value of the total 1976 catch can be provided, but the 1975 catch had an estimated value of approximately £6½ million.