§ Mr. Beithasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will take steps to restrict the taking of lobsters by skin divers and others who do not earn their living from fishing.
§ Mr. BishopMy Department is circulating to fishing organisations a consultation document on management of the lobster fishery in England and Wales, a copy of which has been placed in the Library. One of the proposals in the document is a survey of lobster fishermen in 1979 in order to assess the level of effort on the stocks.