§ 29. Mr. Hendersonasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on the operation of the technical conservation regulation and its impact on North sea fishing.
§ Mr. GummerThe Community's technical conservation regulation continues to play a vital role in ensuring an improved pattern of exploitation of fish stocks, particularly by reducing the mortality of juvenile fish. Nowhere is this more important than in the North Sea, given the present state of a number of the whitefish stocks there.