§ Mr. MorleyTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the annual catch of industrial trawlers in the North sea last year; the main species concerned and the estimated by-catch.
§ Mr. CurryThe provisional catch figure for industrial landings by all countries from the North sea during 1990 is 1,003,000 tonnes of which the main species were sandeel and Norway pout with some herring, blue whiting and sprat. The by-catch of haddock, whiting and saithe was 57,000 tonnes.
Source: Report of the Advisory Committee on Fishery Management of the International Council for the Exploration of The Sea, May 1991.Preliminary figures for 1991 indicate a catch of just over 300,000 tonnes by EC countries. Figures for non-member states are not yet available.