HL Deb 08 July 1997 vol 581 c73WA
Lord Beaumont of Whitley

asked Her Majesty's Government:

When the results of the studies of the impact of fishing nets on cetaceans, and in particular the study in the Celtic Sea, will be available.

Lord Donoughue

I believe that the noble Lord is referring to a paper by the Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU) which is expected to be published in the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) Journal of Marine Science later this year. I have asked SMRU to place a copy of the paper in the Library of the House as soon as it is available.