§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what species and quantitites of fish are caught by Norway in waters within the Fishery Limits Act 1976.
§ Mr. JackThe Fishery Limits Act 1976 established British fishery limits extending to 200 miles from baselines or, where appropriate, to the median line. Since the establishment of the common fisheries policy in 1983 these waters, except for those out to 12 miles from baselines, are Community waters. Norway's entitlements to fish in Community waters are fixed annually under bilateral EC-Norway agreements in relation to specified ICES—International Council for the Exploration of the Sea—492W zones. Listed in the table are the species and quantities of fish for 1994 which Norway is entitled to take in the Community waters around the United Kingdom:—
ICES area Species Tonnage ('000) IV Cod 8.8 Haddock 20 IV and IIIa Saithe 40 IV Whiting 10 Plaice 6 IV and IIIa Mackerel 63.79 IV and VIId Herring 50 IV Norway pout 20 IV Sanded 30 II, IVa, VIa, VIb, VII Blue whiting 205 IV, Vb, VI, VII, IIa Blue ling 1 IV, Vb, VI, VII, IIa Ling 10 IV, Vb, VI, VII, IIa Tusk 5 Vb, VI, VII Combined quota1 2 IV, VI, VII Dogfish 1.5 IV, VI, VII Basking shark (liver) 0.1 IV, VI, VII Porbeagle 0.2 IV Shrimps 0.1 IV Horse mackerel 5 IV, IIa Others 5 VIa Herring 6.2 IV Sprat 20 IIa, VI Greenland halibut 1.7 1 Fishing with long lines for grenadiers, rat tails, mora mora and greater fork beard.
§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what species and quantities of fish were caught by(a) British, (b) German and (c) Spanish vessels within Norwegian fishing limits in (i) 1977, (ii) 1982, (iii) 1986, (iv) 1990 and (v) 1993.
§ Mr. JackThe table details landings from Norwegian waters, by vessels of the three nationalities in question, in each of the years 1986, 1990 and 1993.
Comparable data for the earlier two years are not available.
Tonnes liveweight Nationality and species Year 1986 1990 11993 United Kingdom Cod 6,572 2,573 9,667 Haddock 429 320 1,065 Saithe 48 257 384 Redfish 122 129 455 Greenland Halibut 2 0 0 Other species 1,702 2,051 7,974 German Cod 1,938 649 2,598 Haddock 880 123 426 Saithe 3,452 1,050 3,580 Blue whiting 0 0 2 Mackerel 0 0 17,760 Redfish 3,367 1,118 464 Greenland Halibut 9 4 4 Other species 772 386 374 Spanish Cod 0 0 203 1 Provisional year-end data.
§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what proportion and 493W quantity of Norwegian fish exports went to (a) the United Kingdom (b) Denmark, (c) the Netherlands and (d) France in the last year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. JackNorwegian exports of fish and fish products to the European Union in 1992 totalled 411,808 tonnes, of which:
Tonnes Per cent United Kingdom 43,263 11 Denmark 116,575 28 Netherlands 25,772 6 France 68,156 17