HC Deb 15 February 1993 vol 219 cc94-6W
Mr. Ainger

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many fishing vessels were recorded in International Council for the Exploration of the Seas areas(a) vii(a), (b) vii(f) and (c) vii(g) in each month during each year since 1986.

Mr. Curry

[holding answer 11 February 1993]: The information requested is set out for numbers of individual vessels recorded during routine fishery surveillance within British fishery limits in the ICES areas stated. Surveillance is not continuous, so the figures do not represent total numbers of boats fishing the areas in question. Over the period, surveillance effort in ICES area VII has increased. This, together with an improvement in the quality of surveillance data, contributes to the increased numbers of vessels reported in more recent years.

1986
Vlla Vllf Vllg
January 60 53 54
February 121 78 22
March 175 71 65
April 180 109 61
May 250 95 90
June 263 81 100
July 306 104 94
August 154 89 52
September 212 107 103
October 116 58 78
November 123 57 58
December 45 38 48

1987
Vlla Vllf Vllg
January 48 16 1
February 234 35 34
March 215 93 54
April 270 127 66
May 318 104 90
June 311 85 40
July 327 116 121
August 198 79 121
September 269 78 117
October 205 89 130
November 152 46 87
December 173 54 72

1988
Vlla Vllf Vllg
January 173 61 66
February 186 125 102
March 282 176 114
April 456 189 104
May 423 144 126
June 342 95 172
July 234 78 83
August 264 153 151
September 242 121 126
October 165 93 131
November 247 95 137
December 159 61 61

1989
VIIa VIIf VIIg
January 164 107 107
February 188 93 87
March 134 192 120
April 416 139 164
May 268 173 238
June 275 99 159
July 220 154 181
August 243 150 144
September 270 84 88
October 212 82 126

1989
VIIa VIIf VIIg
November 242 71 107
December 113 23 90

1990
VIIa VIIf VIIg
January 100 89 75
February 34 101 77
March 264 291 206
April 220 130 207
May 326 196 209
June 173 138 196
July 287 119 184
August 268 109 214
September 337 123 202
October 172 100 147
November 141 116 150
December 42 77 142

1991
VIIa VIIf VIIg
January 138 122 78
February 181 177 94
March 268 166 63
April 279 133 140
May 448 94 187
June 131 99 128
July 104 127 136
August 341 101 179
September 181 87 170
October 113 65 96
November 233 49 107
December 257 91 142