§ Mr. BlizzardTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to 871W the answer of 19 July 2001, Official Report, column 320W, on fishing communities, if he will list the (a) ports affected and (b) weight of the catch at each port. [6644]
§ Ms KeebleThe ports used to calculate the allocation to RDAs for the Fisheries Regeneration Initiative, and the weight of their catch, are as follows:
Thousand tonnes Port of landing Quantity Newlyn 6.79 Hull 9.47 Brixham 3.29 Lowestoft 4.45 Grimsby 5.09 Plymouth 1.60 Whitby 3.26 Scarborough 2.91 Fleetwood 2.30 Shoreham 0.82 North Shields 1.54 Padstow 0.60 Looe 0.94 Bridlington 1.20 River Fal-Falmouth 0.66 Rye 0.39 Whitehaven 0.80 Hastings 0.38 Dungeness 0.25 Ramsgate 0.41 Hartlepool 0.62 Mevagissey 0.48 Newhaven 0.45 Appledore 0.37 Blyth 0.72 Folkestone 0.27 Amble 0.78 Poole 0.21 Portsmouth 0.16 Eastbourne 0.19 Southwold 0.27 Weymouth 0.12 This information came from the 1999 catches of Demersal Species by Port of Landing compiled by MAFF. This was the most up to date information available when the calculations were made.