§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his answer of 22 March 2000,Official Report, column 588W, if the reallocation of quota involved resulted in a reduction of (a) quota and (b) resources available to non-foreign-owned vessels; and if he will make a statement. [118019]
§ Mr. MorleyVessels which rejoined the UK fleet in the early 1990s, having previously been de-registered as a result of the Merchant Shipping Act 1988, had incomplete track records for the period they had been off the register. To accommodate their return, the non-sector's quota allocations for Western hake and Area VII anglers and megrim for 1992, 1993 and 1994, which reflected fishing activity in a preceding rolling three year reference period, were adjusted as shown in the table.
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Western hake Area VII anglers Area VII megrim 1992 Pre adjustment 2,578 1,642 485 Post adjustment 3,837 2,361 974 1993 Pre adjustment 3,228 1,512 833 Post adjustment 3,928 1,707 1,107 1994 Pre adjustment 3,002 1,548 1,002 Post adjustment 3,193 1,548 1,057 Adjustments in subsequent years have been minimal as most of the vessels concerned had returned to the register by the end of 1994.