§ Dr. Godmanasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what investigations have been conducted by his Department, or on its behalf, by universities or other research institutions into the mortality of any species of fish in United Kingdom waters; and what was the annual cost of such research to his Department for each year from 1975 to 1984 inclusive.
§ Mrs. FennerWhilst there are no projects currently supported by MAFF specifically relating to mortality of fish, estimates of both natural and fishing mortality are included in any stock assessment exercises carried out for management purposes. The full economic cost of these studies has been:
£ 1975–76 * 1976–77 * 1977–78 992,800 1978–79 1,166,600 1979–80 1,536,100 1980–81 2,076,700 1981–82 2,264,000 1982–83 2,556,100 1983–84 3,154,600 1984–85† 3,159,800 * Not available in comparable form. † Estimate.