§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) if his common fisheries policy review group will be enabled to visit Canada, Iceland or Norway to report on the advantages and disadvantages of national control of national fishing waters; [23991]
(2) how many members of the review group on the common fisheries policy have been or are in receipt of research grants from his Department or from EEC sources; and if he will list the grants and projects involved; [23987]
(3) if he will instruct his common fisheries policy review group to make its first priority to report on the financial viability of the English fishing industry; [23989]
(4) if he will indicate the geographical base of each member of his review group on the common fisheries policy. [23988]
§ Mr. JackI do not intend to dictate to the group what it should or should not discuss, provided that any discussion is about ways of improving the CFP. I am sure there are lessons to be learnt from management regimes operated outside the EU, although I do not anticipate that any foreign visits will be necessary.
Group members' places of residence are:
- Mr. Goodland: Shetland isles
- Professor McIntyre: Aberdeen
- Mr. Thomas: Hull
- Dr. Gubbay: Ross-on-Wye
- Dr. Cunningham: Portsmouth
- Dr Cooke: Brixham
Members of the group involved in research activities may well be associated with organisations which receive grants from this Department or from EC sources. 283W However, we have no records of members of the group personally receiving research grants from the Department or from EC sources.
§ Mr. BrazierTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many fishermen(a) not belonging to and (b) belonging to producer organisations have been prosecuted for illegal catches of fish since 1 January 1990. [24538]
§ Mr. JackInformation about illegal catches by sector and non-sector fishermen in the form requested is not readily available. However, I refer my hon. Friend to the answers given to the hon. Member for Pembroke (Mr. Ainger) on 28 and 31 March,Official Report, columns 626 and 848 respectively.