§ Dr. Godmanasked the Secretary of State for Transport how many United Kingdom registered fishing vessels have
1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 Total Collisions 6 6 4 3 9 6 3 5 6 3 51 Strandings 13 9 13 6 1 8 13 12 7 8 90 Founderings/ floodings 17 15 18 19 24 18 20 22 18 22 193 Fires and explosions 9 3 1 5 2 1 10 7 6 2 46 Missing — — — 2 4 1 2 — 2 2 13 Capsizings 2 1 — 1 2 4 3 3 3 2 21 Others — 1 1 2 — 1 1 1 1 2 10 Total 47 35 37 38 42 39 52 50 43 41 424 Information about the causes and recommendations from the investigations of these 424 losses and the subsequent action by my Department is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost and effort.
All recommendations are carefully considered and, where appropriate, advice is given by means of merchant shipping notices directly to owners and skippers; by instructions to fishing vessel surveyors and by regular consultations on safety matters with representatives of the fishing industry.