HC Deb 13 March 2000 vol 346 c48W
Mr. Paul Marsden

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list by coastal area the number of(a) dolphins, (b) whales and (c) basking sharks caught by coastal drift nets within six miles of the UK coast for each year since 1992; and if he will make a statement. [113274]

Mr. Morley

This information is not available. Inshore drift nets are not considered to represent a significant threat to these species.