§ Mr. Stephen Rossasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether all cetaceans are given complete protection in the United Kingdom's 200-mile fishing zone; and whether such protection is also intended to apply to any EEC agreed 200-mile exclusive zone.
§ Mr. Buchanan-SmithNo, but the taking and processing of baleen and sperm whales is prohibited within British fishery limits. There are at present no proposals for the protection of cetaceans within the waters of European Community member States.