HC Deb 18 January 1996 vol 269 cc684-5W
Mr. David Porter

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make it his policy to abolish the quota system for fisheries management and replace it with technical measures to assist conservation; and if he will make a statement. [8394]

Mr. Baldry

Quotas and technical conservation measures are both intended to protect fish stocks and to safeguard the future livelihoods of fishermen. The two approaches are complementary and I have no plans to advocate one of them to the exclusion of the other. However, I am setting up a fisheries conservation group to consider whether more can be achieved by technical conservation measures.

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