§ Mr. McQuarrieasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if Her Majesty's Government are in negotiation with any EEC member State or any non-EEC country offering stocks of herring or mackerel in exchange for other species of fish; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Buchanan-SmithThe United Kingdom is not in negotiation with any member State of the EEC about exchanges of potential catch quotas of herring or mackerel for other species.
It was agreed at the Hague in 1976 that negotiations on fisheries with States not members of the EEC would be conducted by the European Commission.
§ Mr. McQuarrieasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement as to the amount of fishing and the species permitted to be caught up to 31 December in the area 6A of the North Sea.
§ Mr. Buchanan-SmithTotal allowable catches—TACs—for 1982 in the waters round the United Kingdom will in general depend upon the outcome of the negotiations for a revised common fisheries policy. Most TACs in the North Sea also depend on the outcome of negotiations between the European Community and Norway. No final decisions have yet been taken.