HC Deb 13 May 1980 vol 984 cc434-6W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will publish in the Official Report a list of the subsidies, direct and indirect, given to (a) the fish catching industry, (b) fish docks and (c) the fish processing industry in each EEC country together with the size of their respective fishing fleets.

Mr. Buchanan-Smith

I refer the hon. Member to my reply to him on 6 May about subsidies in other EEC countries. Following is the most recent published information about the size of the fishing fleets of other EEC countries:

NUMBER OF FISHING VESSELS BY GROSS REGISTERED TONNAGE IN EUROPEAN COMMUNITY MEMBER STATES *
G.R.T. Belgium 1979 Denmark 1977 France 1977 Germany 1979 Ireland 1978 Italy 1978 Netherlands 1978 United Kingdom 1979
0– 49.9 … 65 6,752 11,942 504 1,242 20,854 430 6,569
50– 99.9 … 63 230 175 102 159 582 181 334
100– 149.9 … 48 180 53 35 196 109 73
150– 499.9 … 28 160 324 7 6 111 202 202
500– 999.9 … 1 3 62 20 — 55 4 19
Over 1,000 … — — 21 27 1 — 30
205 7,331 12,524 713 1,443 21,798 926 7,228†
* Excluding vessels without engines.
† United Kingdom total includes one vessel of unknown tonnage.
Source: OECD. (Review of Fisheries in OECD Member Countries).
Reference: Vol. 984, Col. 59.

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