HC Deb 21 January 1985 vol 71 cc306-9W
Dr. Godman

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list in the Official Report (a) the number and amounts of de-commissioning grants awarded by the European Economic Community to fishing vessel owners in the United Kingdom who have removed their fishing vessels from the United Kingdom fishing fleet and (b) the types and ports of registration of those vessels.

Mr. MacGregor

[pursuant to his reply, 17 January 1985, c. 199]: The European Commission reimburses 50 per cent. of the cost of decommissioning grants paid in accordance with Community regulations. No payments have so far been made by the Commission but reimbursement is being sought in respect of 62 vessels on which grants amounting to £7,259,944 have been paid. The types of vessel and ports of registration are as follows:

Vessel Type Port
ENGLAND
Freezer trawlers
Vessel Type Port
7 Hull
2 Grimsby
Near water trawlers
(i) Stern Trawlers
4 Lowestoft
(ii) Side Trawlers
6 Lowestoft
1 Penzance
1 Swansea
Inshore vessels
1 Colchester
1 Harwich
1 Lowestoft
3 Grimsby
1 Whitby
1 Oban
1 Hull
1 Hartlepool
1 Penzance
1 Beaumaris
1 Bideford
SCOTLAND
Near water
Side trawlers 4 Aberdeen
Great liners 2 Kirkcaldy
Inshore vessels
2 Oban

(a) Assistance approved during 1979–1984 (see notes)
Type 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 Total
Liner 1 2 3
Netter 2 5 3 2 3 15
Potter 3 11 5 13 17 49
Seiner 2 3 12 17
Trawler 5 11 15 5 11 8 55
Seiner-trawler 1 9 8 6 14 13 51
Scallop dredger-trawler 2 2
Liner-trawler 1 2 3 6
Netter-trawler 1 1 2 4
Potter-trawler 2 1 3
Potter-netter-trawler 1 1
Liner-netter-trawler 3 3
Liner-netter 2 4 2 3 1 12
Liner-potter 1 3 1 8 11 24
Potter-netter 1 5 8 5 2 5 26
7 42 56 30 63 73 271

(b) Boatyards
1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 Total
Abets, Bristol 1 1 2
Baumbach, Hayle & Penzance 2 1 2 1 6
Barnes Brinkcraft, Wroxham 1 1
Bridlington Boatbuilders 3 2 5
Birkenhead Precision 2 2 2 6
Bryce Waterhouse, Worcester 6 8 2 7 23
Campletown Shipyard 1 3 3 3 4 6 20
Cockenzie Boatyard 1 1
Cyngus, Penryn 1 1 2 8 5 17
Dawson, Seahouses 1 1 1 3
Des White 1 1
Dixon, Exmouth 1 1
Eddystone Marine, Plymouth 2 2
Eyemouth Boatbuilding 1 2 3
Fastworker, Falmouth 1 1 2
Felixstowe Boatyard 1 1

Vessel Type Port
1 Fraserburgh
1 Ullapool
4 Lerwick
3 Tarbert
2 Stornoway
1 Fleetwood
1 Inverness
WALES
Near water
Side trawler
1 Swansea
1 Milford Haven
1 Lowestoft
1 Aberdeen
1 London
Inshore vessels
1 Swansea
1 Fleetwood
NORTHERN IRELAND-Nil

Dr. Godman

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list in the Official Report (a) the number and types of fishing vessels constructed, in the years 1979 to 1984, with the assistance of grants and loans from the Sea Fish Industry Authority and (b) the yards where they were constructed.

Mr. MacGregor

[pursuant to his reply, 17 January 1985, c. 199]: The information requested is as follows:

1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 Total
Forbes, Sandhaven 1 2 2 5 1 11
Frinton Bay Boatyard 1 1
Gerrard, Arbroath 1 1 1 3
Glassfibre Mouldings, Lisburn 1 1
Goodall, Whitby 2 2 3 7
Goodchild, Gt. Yarmouth 1 1
Harrison, Amble 2 1 2 4 9
Haven Marine, Milford Haven 1 1 2
Hepburn, Gardenstown 1 1 2
Hepworth, Paull 2 1 3
Herd & Mackenzie, Buckie 1 2 2 2 2 3 12
Hinks, Appledore 2 2 1 1 6
Horne Bros., Fishborne 1 1
Hull Steelcraft 2 2
Jones, Buckie 1 1 3 2 7
Kristensen, Denmark 1 2 3
Lewis, Aberdeen 1 1 2
Lochin Marine, Rye 1 1 2
Lowther, Whitby 2 2
Macbar Marine, Poole 1 1
MacDuff Boatbuilders 2 5 3 7 17
Mackay, Arbroath 1 1 1 2 5
Mahood, Portavogie 2 2
Maycraft, Gt. Yarmouth 1 1 1 3
McGaughey, Cushendall 1 1
McTay, Bromborough 1 1 2
Miller, St. Monance 1 2 2 2 3 10
Moor, Mevagissey 1 1 1 1 4
Mustang Yachts 2 2
Noble, Fraserburgh & Gorvan 1 2 2 5
Pearn, Looe 1 2 2 5
Peron, France 1 1
Port Issac Bay Marine 1 6 2 2 1 12
Quayside Services 1 1
Seamark, Ipswich 1 1
Scarborough Marine 1 1
Spraycatch, Weymouth 5 5
Starcraft, Beccles 1 1
Steelcraft, Aberystwyth 1 1
Stratton, Isle of Wight 1 1
S. & S. Marine, Sunderland 1 1
Thomson, Buckie 3 1 4
Toms, Polruan 2 1 1 4 3 11
Upson, Aldeburgh 1 1
Visick, Truro 2 2
7 42 56 30 63 73 271

Notes:

1. Figures relate to years in which assistance was approved by the Sea Fish Industry Authority (and its predecessors, the White Fish Authority and the Herring Industry Board, before October 1981). Construction has not yet been completed on all the vessels shown above.

2. In all cases grant aid has been approved; loan assistance from the authority will have been sought in some, but not all cases.