§ Mr. Prescottasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the minimum number of vessels or catching capacity registered by the British fishing industry to catch a possible 45 or 50 per cent. of the available fish in the waters surrounding EEC countries.
§ Mr. Buchanan-SmithIt is not possible to give a single estimate; the number of vessels required to take a given level of catch depends on assumptions about the catching capacity of individual vessels comprising the fleet, fishing conditions and other variables.