§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what fish catches have been made by which nations in the latest available five-year period in the waters from six to 12 miles around the English coast.
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§ Mr. Buchanan-SmithThere are no reliable figures for catches by other nations in the waters from six to 12 miles around the English coast. Broad estimates of catches by United Kingdom vessels from the belt from six to 12 miles around the England and Wales coast for the peroid 1976–79, the only period for which figures are available, are as follows:
Catch tonnes liveweight (excluding shellfish) '000 tonnes 1976 70 1977 80 1978 140 1979 140