§ Mr. Joplingasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list in the Official Report the total tons of fish caught for each year since 1968 as follows (a) total catch in 1978 Community waters both by non-member and member States at that time, (b) total Community catch at that time in non-Community waters presently existing and (c) total Community catch at that time excluding the United Kingdom, in the United Kingdom's 200 mile zone.
§ Mr. BishopI regret that the information is not available in the form requested and the figures for other member countries are still incomplete for 1976 and 1977. However, estimates for the years 1970–75 have been made as follows: 515W
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 (a) Total catch ('000t) in member States' waters by: (i) Member States … 2,245.6 2,452.0 2,531.3 2,598.7 2,480.0 2,535.3 (ii) Third Countries ('000t) … 947.2 1,028.3 1,024.4 1,182.3 1,460.4 1,721.1 (b) Total catch ('000t) by member States in non-member States' waters … 1,211.4 1,122.5 1,097.6 1,085.9 1,579.5 1,159.9 (c) Total catch ('000t) by other member States in United Kingdom waters … 440.6 660.3 738.9 811.6 864.7 804.2 Notes:
"Member States" include all nine present member States, but the areas covered exclude the Baltic Sea (ICES divisions III b, c, d) and the Mediterranean and 1975 catch figures exclude catches in ICNAF areas.
All catch figures are estimates by the Fisheries Laboratory, Lowestoft. They are in thousand metric tonnes, and exclude invertebrates.
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