HL Deb 24 February 1997 vol 578 cc74-5WA
Lord Moran

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many basking sharks have been caught by Norwegian fishermen in British waters in each of the last four years.

Lord Lucas

None has been caught in the territorial waters of the United Kingdom because Norwegian fishermen do not have access within our 12-mile fishery limits.

Figures are not available for Norwegian catches of basking sharks in the 12- to 200-mile zone of the United Kingdom's fishery limits, but Norwegian fishermen took 5.8 tonnes of basking shark liver in the waters of EU member states in 1993. No catches were recorded in 1994 and 1995, and data for 1996 are awaited.

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