HC Deb 03 July 1998 vol 315 cc291-2W
Mr. Barry Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many jobs he estimates there are in Wales in the fishing industry. [47912]

Mr. Win Griffiths

At 31 March 1997 there were an estimated 1,700 fishermen in Wales, according to the MAFF "Survey on the Number of Fishermen in England and Wales".

In addition, provisional figures from the 1996 Annual Employment Survey indicate there were an estimated 400 employees in the processing, preserving and retail sales of fish (1992 Standard Industrial Classification, Classes 15.21, 15.29 and 52.23).

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