§ Mr. DafisTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make it his policy to encourage review within the EC of the common fisheries policy covering(a) policies on industrial fisheries, (b) fisheries management and its implications for wildlife, (c) fleet sizes and (d) fishing intensity.
§ Mr. CurryThe Commission is already carrying out a study of industrial fishing and I am pressing it to produce its report on this. We continue to urge that the Community should take account of the effect of fisheries management on the wider marine environment, and I am pleased that the Council at its last meeting on 19 October adopted a measure aimed at better protection of marine mammals. The Council on 19 October discussed Commission proposals designed to reduce fleet sizes and fishing intensity, and will return to this subject at its next meeting.