§ 60. Mr. CohenTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he is in a position to assess the reduction of concentrations of tributyltin in fish in inshore waters following the ban of the sale and use of this anti-foulant in 1987.
§ Mr. Donald ThompsonOver the last year, levels of tributyltin in shellfish have fallen by more than two-thirds in the Crouch estuary and by over half in other estuaries monitored in England. Juvenile oysters are already showing good growth in these waters and new growth is also clearly detectable in oysters previously affected in the Crouch.