§ Mr. DafisTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list all shellfish fisheries in Wales, indicating the type and number of shellfish collected in the latest year for which figures are available; and if he will indicate which shellfish fisheries are classified in categories A, B, C and D.
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesData on fish catches are compiled by port of landing. The 1991 figures for cockles and mussels are as follows:
(tonnes) Port Cockles Mussels Conwy — 100 Penclawdd 816 — Llanelli 1,798 15 Three Rivers area — 10 Bangor — 1,071 The oyster catch amounted to less than one tonne in total.
The preliminary classifications of shellfish waters in Wales under the terms of the EC directives are as follows:
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Area Bed name Species Classification Porthcawl Native oysters Further data being obtained Swansea Swansea and Nash Banks Native oysters Burry Inlet North Cockles C/D South Cockles B Machynys Cockles C/D Whiteford Point Mussels A Pwll Mussels D Burry Port Mussels C Three Rivers Wharley Point, St. Ishmaels and Gwendraeth Cockles and mussels B Ginst Point Cockles B/C Milford Haven Above Woodhouse Spit Mussels, Native oysters, Cockles D Woodhouse Spit to Garron Pill Mussels, Native oysters, Cockles B Garron Pill to Neyland (excluding Ferny Pits and Carew) Mussels, Native oysters, Cockles C Ferny Pits Mussels, Native oysters, Cockles B Carew Pacific oysters B/C Below Neyland Cockles and Mussels B Fishguard Goodwick Mussels B Dovey Aberdyfi and Coed y Gofer Mussels and Cockles C Dovey/Leri Mussels B Mawddach Mawddach Crescent Mussels C All other areas Mussels and Cockles B Menai Strait-West Abermenai, Barras, Traeth, Melynog and Llanidan Mussels and Cockles B Menai Strait-East Bangor sites 5/6/7 (area 1) and Lavan Sands Mussels and Cockles C Gallows Point, Gannet and Wilsons (area 4) Mussels B Bangor sites 9/10/11/12 (areas 2 and 5) Mussels B Malreath Bay All areas Mussels and Cockles B Inland Sea Holyhead (area 1) Pacific oysters A Cymyran (area 3) Pacific oysters B Red Wharf Bay All areas Cockles C Conwy All estuary areas Mussels C Llandudno Mussels B Colwyn Bay Rhos and Llanddulas Mussels C Dee All areas Cockles C