§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to her answer to the hon. Member for Hastings and Rye (Mrs. Lait) of 7 July,Official Report, column 163, what is her assessment 36W of the relative weight to be attached in measures to prevent over-exploitation to (a) effort limitation and (b) technical conservation measures; what is her estimate of the contribution made in other EC states towards achieving the multi-annual guidance programme effort targets by (i) decommissioning schemes, giving the amounts involved and the number of vessels taken out in each case and (ii) days-at-sea limitations.
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§ Mr. JackEffort limitation and technical conservation both have a role to play in preventing the over-exploitation of fish stocks, and are to some extent interchangeable. Member states are still considering how they will achieve their 1996 MAGP targets, but even those which rely on decommissioning are required to hold fishing effort within limits.
§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to her answer to the hon. Member for Hastings and Rye (Mrs. Lait) of 7 July,Official Report, column 163, what calculation she has made of the reduction of (a) access rights and (b) actual catches of (i) other member states and (ii) third parties which the United Kingdom secured in the 1983 settlement of the common fisheries policy.
§ Mr. JackPrior to the 1983 CFP settlement, other member states held historic rights to fish within six to 12 miles of the United Kingdom territorial sea in respect of 1,999 miles of our 2,667 miles of coastline. No other countries had such rights. The settlement reduced the rights of other member states to 558 miles. It is not possible to calculate the effect on catches by other member states and third countries in the six to 12 mile belt.