HC Deb 03 December 2002 vol 395 c643W
Jeremy Corbyn

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the total volume of fish, by type, landed from the British Indian Ocean territories was in each of the last five years. [84052]

Mr. Rammell

[holding answer 2 December 2002]: The total volume of fish in tonnes in each type of commercial fishery caught in the British Indian Ocean territory in the last five years is as follows:

Season British Indian ocean territory Tonnes
1997–98 Longline 2,327
Purse seine 2,173
Inshore 79.5
1998–99 Longline 2,427
Purse seine 6,275
Inshore 122.2
1999–2000 Longline 1,939
Purse seine 3,415
Inshore 309.1
2000–01 Longline 1,828
Purse seine 1,064
Inshore 224.8
2001–02 Longline 1,034
Purse seine 5,795

No figures are as yet available for the inshore fishery for 2002. It is not possible to list fish catches by individual species.