HC Deb 23 January 1996 vol 270 cc188-90W
Dr. Godman

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his answer of 2 November,Official Report, column 461, what were the total landings of fish caught in Norwegian territorial waters by (a) United Kingdom-registered fishing vessels and (b) other European Union fishing vessels; and what were the species of fish included in these landings in (i) 1992, (ii) 1993 and (iii) 1994. [9413]

Mr. Raymond S. Robertson

The table shows landings by UK vessels from the Norwegian exclusive economic zone by species for 1992, 1993 and 1994. Information from other member states in the same form is not available.

Landings by UK vessels from the Norwegian exclusive economic zone
Liveweight (tonnes)
Species 1992 1993 1994
Bass 0.0
Blue mouths 0.0
Blue ling 1.9 0.2
Bream 6.8 0.4
Brill 15.4 13.3 8.4
Catfish 663.7 671.9 528.6
Cod 12,351.6 15,164.2 18,710.5
Conger eel 0.0 0.0 0.0
Cuttlefish 0.0 0.1
Dabs, other 8.9 25.2 20.5
Dory or John dory 0.0
Dogfish, spurdog 730.1 304.1 86.6
Flounders or flukes 0.1
Gurnard and ratchet 1.2 2.0 1.0
Haddock 7,978.8 11,638.7 14,939.6
Hake 86.1 51.6 41.5
Halibut 34.4 24.3 35 0
Halibut, Greenland 4.0 2.2 16.3
Herring 102.6 0.2 398.4
Lemon soles 571.4 500.6 518.2
Ling 458.5 579.3 418.4
Mackerel 0.5 968.6 0.7
Megrims 24.7 17.7 20.0
Monks or anglers 638.0 727 1 770 0
Mullet grey 0.1 0.0 0.0
Mullet, red 0.0 0.0
Nephrops (Norway lobster) 22.0 59.9 59.7
Octopus 0.1
Pilchards 0.0
Plaice 4,088.5 4,010.2 3,696.7
Pollack 566.1 566.8 313.1
Queen scallops 0.1
Roundnose grenadier 0.0
Redfish 224.5 482.7 123.0
Saithe 2,284.5 1,444.4 1,495.1
Sandeels 143.0 1,194.9
Scallops 2.5 0.0
Sharks 0.9 0.7 0.8
Shrimps 10.9
Skates and rays 29.4 20.6 13.1
Soles 10.5 10.6 0.5
Tope 0.0 0.4 0.0
Torsk (tusk) 23.9 16.4 28.5
Turbot 101.2 103.8 118.5
Whiting 2,748.2 1,999.1 1,483.5
Whiting, pout 0.0 0.0
Witches 177.8 163.6 182.7
Mixed or other demersal 65.5 54.4 58.5
Whelks 0.7 5.2 1.6
Clams (mixed) 0.0
Crabs, cancer pagurus 0.0 0.0 0.4
Squid, loligo 7.0 3.3 0.1
Other crustaceans 0.1

Landings by UK vessels from the Norwegian exclusive economic zone
Liveweight (tonnes)
Species 1992 1993 1994
Livers 0.6 0.1
Roes 46.7 53.1 16.9
Total 34,221.7 39,698.3 45,301.8