Bass (Hansard, 29 April 2004)

§ Mr. Sanders
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the volume of sea bass landings in the United Kingdom was in each of the last five years, broken down by(a) market and (b) port. [167131]

§ Mr. Bradshaw
The following table shows details of sea bass landings into the UK by UK and foreign vessels for the years 1999–2003, broken down by port of landing. Fisheries Departments in the U K do not record details of landings by market.

Landings of Sea Bass into the UK 1999–2003

Quantity (tonnes live weight)

Country of landing/
Port of landing
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

England

North Shields 0.04 0 00 0.04 0.02 0.04

Holy Island — — — — 0.01

Seahouses — — 0.00 0.00 —

Amble 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.01

Newbiggin — — — — 0.01

Blyth 0.00 — 0.00 0.01 0.03

Sunderland — 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.01

Hartlepool 0.01 0.01 0.06 0.04 0.06

Whitby 0.16 0.07 0.43 0.31 0.52

Scarborough 0.12 0.04 0.60 1.49 2.80

Filey — 0.05 0.05 0.04 0.03

Flam borough — 0.08 — — —

Bridlington 0.55 0.09 0.09 0.12 0.18

Grimsby 0.12 0.26 0.31 0.09 0.59

Boston 0.02 0.00 — — —

Lowestoft 0.85 1.72 2.94 4.50 8.20

Brancaster Staithe — 0.02 — 0.11 —

Sheringham — — — 0.05 0.01

Cromer — — — 0.12 0.05

Great Yarmouth 0.05 1.32 0.51 0.37 0.17

Southwold 0.86 1.28 0.52 0.71 1.02

Dunwich — 0.00 0.03 — 0.01

Sizewell Beach — — — 0.94

Aldeburgh 0.35 0.03 0.11 0.43 0.88

Orford 1.77 1.44 1.12 0.61 1.26

Ipswich 1.11 6.13 2.31 1.73 —

Felixstowe 0.03 0.01 0.05 8.63 1.51

Harwich 0.25 0.15 0.19 0.64 0.10

Walton-on-Naze 1.54 0.57 0.95 1.56 2.38

Clacton 0.02 — 0.09 0.15 0.00

Wivenhoe 0.81 0.31 0.59 0.79 0.58

Brightlingsea 0.31 0.03 — 0.01 0.01

West Mersea 16.24 0.25 0.66 1.33 0.87

Maldon 0.02 — — — —

Bradwell — — — 0.25 0.22

Burnham-On-Crouch 0.06 0.08 — 0.02 0.01

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Great Wakering 0.10 0.00 0.01 0.23 0.31

Canvey Island 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.05 0.12

Southend-On-Sea — — — 0.01 —

Leigh-On-Sea 1.33 2.06 0.76 0.83 1.74

Faversham 0.51 1.03 1.54 2.17 1.92

Gravesend 0.00 — — — —

Rochester 0.10 — — — —

Queenborough 0.33 1.09 0.50 0.40 1.99

Whitstable 8.47 7.01 6.23 12.10 18.59

Hastings 3.00 3.77 2.05 3.34 6.39

Poole 64.44 9.33 9.91 0.60 5.33

Margate 4.57 3.69 1.80 2.60 1.91

Broadstairs 0.29 0.56 0.01 0.13 0.07

Ramsgate 27.12 17.29 13.41 26.21 30.60

Dover 2.60 0.95 6.63 2.79 —

Folkestone 6.99 6.66 9.71 7.87 6.93

Hythe 0.93 1.84 0.96 0.46 2.11

Dungeness 2.25 1.48 0.50 2.34 0.51

Rye 4.01 2.32 2.97 3.70 3.40

Eastbourne 16.24 17.75 12.06 17.98 20.41

Newhaven 45.20 27.31 25.02 23.36 11.57

Brighton 2.81 1.85 1.23 4.50 1.87

Shoreham 33.85 18.69 29.23 30.37 42.73

Worthing 5.87 1.35 4.93 2.05 2.75

Littlehampton 2.69 5.28 2.89 3.14 5.94

Bognor Regis 0.05 — 0.02 0.01 —

Selsey 11.37 11.17 2.98 20.77 12.04

Langstone Harbour 4.54 4.61 3.85 2.86 3.36

Itchenor/East Wittering — — — — 0.07

Emsworth 0.02 0.95 — — 0.00

Hamble 0.01 1.73 0.42 0.12 0.80

Hayling Island — — 0.00 0.02 —

Portsmouth 31.03 36.61 36.45 44.07 44.17

Southampton 16.25 0.16 0.97 0.00 0.56

Christchurch 7.68 2.95 1.47 — 1.94

Cowes — — 0.08 — —

Isle of Wight — 6.66 5.21 1.49 5.44

Lymington 2.93 5.13 6.04 0.85 2.18

Keyhaven — 0.00 — — 0.00

Swanage 1.00 0.02 0.01 — —

Kimmeridge 0.05 0.02 0.00 — 0.05

Lulworth Cove — 0.17 0.39 0.70 —

Weymouth 44.26 14.28 3.08 1.08 6.76

Portland 1.12 0.27 0.02 0.12 0.07

Ferrybridge — 0.00 — — —

West Bay 0.14 1.06 0.05 — —

Lyme Regis 2.92 1.56 1.28 0.96 4.00

Plymouth 161.78 59.73 108.54 122.77 140.69

Newlyn 4.46 8.26 21.34 98.81 12.90

Beer 0.69 0.83 1.04 0.70 0.42

Exmouth 3.09 10.24 10.57 8.66 9.16

Teignmouth — 0.19 0.01 0.08 0.35

Torquay 0.61 0.33 0.20 0.34 0.51

Brixham 65.23 33.26 20.49 27.27 27.51

Dartmouth 0.50 0.51 0.39 0.33 0.37

River Dart 0.15 — — — —

Kingswear 0.29 — — — —

Salcombe 0.05 0.07 0.06 0.14 0.04

Hope Cove — — 0.00 — —

Looe 3.08 8.67 9.30 32.34 15.02

Polperro 2.08 1.48 2.11 4.43 12.35

River Fowey 0.55 0.08 0.17 0.05 0.37

Mevagissey 3.50 1.39 1.91 3.51 11.95

River Fal—Falmouth 0.56 0.16 0.47 0.35 0.51

Helford River 0.02 0.14 0.14 0.31 0.22

Porthoustock — — — 0.02 —

Coverack 0.03 0.10 0.01 0.01 —

Cadgwith 0.04 0.00 0.01 0.01 —

Penzance 0.02 0.10 0.00 0.08 0.02

Penberth — — 1.95 0.07 —

St. Ives — 0.00 0.00 0.08 —

Hayle 0.01 0.24 0.02 0.51 0.02

Newquay 0.29 — 0.21 0.38 0.03

Padstow 1.29 0.62 2.04 3.22 1.67

Port Isaac 0.05 0.30 0.07 0.89 0.30

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Landings of Sea Bass into the UK 1999–2003

Quantity (tonnes live weight)

Country of landing/
Port of landing
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

Bude — 0.01 — 0.04 —

Clovelly 0.10 0.03 — — —

Appledore 6.18 6.72 18.23 20.29 19.42

Bideford 2.22 3.19 0.11 1.35 0.15

Ilfracombe 0.79 2.19 0.10 11.31 17.56

Fleetwood 0.27 0.24 0.58 0.12 0.37

Hoylake 0.02 — — — —

Mersey Estuary — — — 0.02 0.01

Liverpool 0.01 0.04 0.05 0.01 0.34

Morecambe 0.10 0.10 0.30 — 3.60

Barrow 0.25 0.54 1.72 0.01 0.12

Whitehaven 0.01 0.00 0.07 0.08 0.57

Maryport — — 0.00 0.00 0.04

Wales

Milford Haven 31.55 19.63 23.01 20.08 9.45

Conwy 0.01 0.03 3.21 0.26 —

Swansea 1.18 1.70 4.30 2.68 1.80

Porthcawl — 0.17 0.19 0.16 2.21

Tenby 0.21 0.04 6.12 10.03 2.91

Saundersfoot 1.79 1.86 2.02 1.83 2.80

Llanelli 2.14 9.04 6.25 6.73 3.76

Three Rivers Area — — — — 0.11

New Quay — — 0.06 — —

Pwllheli — — — 0.45 —

Aberdaran — — 0.35 — —

Caernarvon — 0.04 4.11 0.04 0.00

Holyhead 0.11 0.06 0.03 0.07 0.34

Cemaes Bay — 0.00 0.00 0.00 —

Bangor — 0.19 1.02 — —

Rhyl-Connah's Quay — 3.27 2.75 3.13 0.16

Scotland

Eyemouth 0.02 0.00 0.01 5.99 2.59

Dunbar — — — 0.00 0.00

Pittenweem — — 0.01 — —

Aberdeen 0.01 — 0.05 0.01 0.00

Peterhead 0.13 — — — 0.02

Fraserburgh — — — — 0.00

Mallaig — — — — 0.23

Saltcoats — 0.03 — — —

Girvan — — — — 0.00

Portpatrick 0.06 0.02 — — 0.11

Isle of Whithorn 0.07 — — — 0.00

Northern Ireland

Kilkeel — — 1.34 1.13 8.52

Portavogie — — — — 0.01

Bangor (Co. Down) — — — 0.01 —

Co. Antrim — — — — 0.03

Total UK landings 677.97 408.45 463.41 635.62 582.79

§ Mr. Sanders
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the value of sea bass landings within the United Kingdom was for each of the last five years, broken down by market. [167132]

§ Mr. Bradshaw
Fisheries departments in the UK do not record details of sales by market. The following table shows details of the value of sea bass landings into the UK by UK and foreign vessels for the years 1999 to 2003, broken down by port of landing.

Landings of sea bass into the UK, 1999 to 2003

Value (£000)

Port of landing 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

England¹

North Shields ²— ²— ²— ²— ²—

Holy Island ³— ³— ³— ³— ³—

Seahouses ³— ³— ²— ²— ³—

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Amble ²— ²— ²— ²— ²—

Newbiggin ³— ³— ³— ³— ³—

Blyth ²— ³— ²— ²— ²—

Sunderland ³— ²— ²— ²— ²—

Hartlepool ²— ²— ²— ²— ²—

Whitby 1 ²— 2 1 2

Scarborough 1 ²— 3 6 11

Filey ³— 1 ²— ²— ²—

Flamborough ³— ²— ³— ³— ³—

Bridlington 3 ²— ³— 1 1

Grimsby 1 1 2 ²— 2

Boston ²— ²— ³— ³— ³—

Lowestoft 5 11 15 22 40

Brancaster Staithe ³— ²— ³— 1 ³—

Sheringham ³— ³— ³— ²— ²—

Cromer ³— ³— ³— 1 ³—

Great Yarmouth ²— 9 4 2 1

Southwold 5 9 3 4 7

Dunwich ³— ²— ²— ³— ²—

Sizewell Beach ³— ³— ³— ³— 4

Aldeburgh 2 ²— 1 3 8

Orford 10 9 7 3 5

Ipswich 6 35 13 10 ³—

Felixstowe ²— ²— ²— 1 7

Harwich 1 1 1 4 1

Walton-on-the-Naze 9 3 6 9 14

Clacton ²— ³— 1 1 ²—

Wivenhoe 5 2 3 5 3

Brightlingsea 2 ²— ³— ²— ²—

West Mersea 94 1 4 8 5

Maldon ²— ³— ³— ³— ³—

Bradwell ³— ³— ³— 1 1

Burnham-on-Crouch ²— ²— ³— ²— ²—

Great Wakering 1 ²— ²— 1 2

Canvey Island ²— ²— ²— ²— 1

Southend-on-Sea ³— ³— ³— ²— ³—

Leigh-on-Sea 8 11 4 5 10

Faversham 3 5 8 12 10

Gravesend ²— ³— ³— ³— ³—

Rochester 1 ³— ³— ³— ³—

Queenborough 2 6 3 2 10

Whitstable 43 42 28 58 94

Hastings 21 24 13 21 41

Poole 325 48 54 2 23

Margate 23 19 9 13 10

Broadstairs 1 3 ²— 1 ²—

Ramsgate 138 89 68 135 153

Dover 13 5 34 14 ³—

Folkestone 46 40 48 50 37

Hythe 6 11 6 3 11

Dungeness 15 10 3 13 3

Rye 27 15 18 23 22

Eastbourne 96 110 69 109 132

Newhaven 226 134 120 112 56

Brighton 14 10 7 24 10

Shoreham 169 101 156 156 191

Worthing 39 9 14 10 14

Littlehampton 18 35 15 14 30

Bognor Regis ²— ³— ²— ²— ³—

Selsey 63 48 11 70 44

Langstone Harbour 33 24 18 13 17

Itchenor/East Wittering ³— ³— ³— ³— ²—

Emsworth ²— 6 ³— ³— ²—

Ramble ²— 7 2 1 4

Hayling Island ³— ³— ²— ²— ³—

Portsmouth 206 178 176 182 213

Southampton 85 1 4 ²— 3

Christchurch 39 15 8 ³— 8

Cowes ³— ³— ²— ³— ³—

Isle of Wight ³— 32 23 7 25

Lymington 15 25 35 4 9

Keyhaven ³— ²— ³— ³— ²—

Swanage 5 ²— ²— ³— ³—

Kimmeridge ²— ²— ²— ³— ²—

Lulworth Cove ³— 1 2 2 ³—

Weymouth 286 73 16 6 32

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Landings of sea bass into the UK, 1999 to 2003

Value (£000)

Port of landing 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

Portland 6 1 ²— ²— ²—

Ferrybridge ³— ²— ³— ³— ³—

West Bay 1 9 ²— ³— ³—

Lyme Regis 22 10 7 6 18

Plymouth 1,208 357 662 787 808

Newlyn 31 59 123 562 73

Beer 5 7 9 5 3

Exmouth 23 76 72 63 67

Teignmouth ³— 2 ²— 1 3

Torquay 5 3 2 3 4

Brixham 386 277 174 223 206

Dartmouth 4 4 3 3 3

River Dart 1 ³— ³— ³— ³—

Kingswear 2 ³— ³— ³— ³—

Salcombe ²— ²— ²— 1 ²—

Hope Cove ³— ³— ²— ³— ³—

Looe 23 45 58 181 87

Polperro 15 8 12 23 69

River Fowey 4 1 1 ²— 2

Mevagissey 25 9 13 23 73

River Fal—Falmouth 4 1 3 3 2

Helford River ²— 1 1 2 1

Porthoustock ³— ³— ³— ²— ³—

Coverack ²— 1 ²— ²— ³—

Cadgwith ²— ²— ²— ²— ³—

Penzance ²— 1 ²— 1 ²—

Penberth ³— ³— 12 1 ³—

St. Ives ³— ²— ²— 1 ³—

Hayle ²— 2 ²— 4 ²—

Newquay 2 ³— 1 2 ²—

Padstow 8 5 13 18 9

Port Isaac ²— 2 ²— 7 1

Bude ³— ²— ³— ²— ³—

Clovelly 1 ²— ³— ³— ³—

Appledore 41 45 123 138 115

Bideford 16 21 1 9 1

Ilfracombe 6 15 1 79 104

Fleetwood 2 1 3 1 2

Hoylake ²— ³— ³— ³— ³—

Mersey Estuary ³— ³— ³— ²— ²—

Liverpool ²— ²— ²— ²— 1

Morecambe ²— ²— 1 ³— 17

Barrow 1 2 8 ²— ²—

Whitehaven ²— ²— ²— ²— 2

Maryport ³— ³— ²— ²— ²—

Wales¹

Milford Haven 187 96 116 105 48

Conwy ²— ²— 10 1 ³—

Swansea 8 11 26 15 9

Porthcawl ³— ²— 1 1 10

Tenby 1 ²— 30 55 16

Saundersfoot 9 8 10 9 16

Llanelli 13 41 31 34 18

Three Rivers Area ³— ³— ³— ³— 1

New Quay ³— ³— ²— ³— ³—

Pwllheli ³— ³— ³— 2 ³—

Aberdaran ³— ³— 2 ³— ³—

Caernarvon ³— ²— 22 ²— ²—

Holyhead ²— ²— ²— ²— 1

Cemaes Bay ³— ²— ²— ²— ³—

Bangor ³— 1 5 ³— ³—

Rhyl-Connah's Quay ³— 9 7 15 1

Scotland¹

Eyemouth ²— ²— ²— 25 13

Dunbar ³— ³— ³— ²— ²—

Pittenweem ³— ³— ²— ³— ³—

Aberdeen ²— ³— ²— ²— ²—

Peterhead 1 ³— ³— ²— ²—

Fraserburgh ³— ³— ³— ³— ²—

Mallaig ³— ³— ³— ³— ²—

Saltcoats ³— ²— ³— ³— ³—

Girvan ³— ³— ³— ³— ²—

Portpatrick ²— ²— ³— ³— ²—

Isle of Whithorn ²— ³— ³— ³— ²—

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Northern Ireland¹

Kilkeel ³— ³— 7 6 32

Portavogie ³— ³— ³— ³— ²—

Bangor (County Down) ³— ³— ³— ²— ³—

County Antrim ³— ³— ³— ³— ²—

Total 4,173 2,352 2,608 3,558 3,165

¹Country of landing.

²Less than half the last digit shown.

³Nil.

§ Mr. Sanders
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment is made of the sea bass catch in relation to(a) size, (b) maturity and (c) reproductive state; and whether this information influences decisions by the Department on closure of fisheries. [167133]

§ Mr. Bradshaw
DEFRA funds a programme that collects data on the size (length and weight) and age (from scales) of representative samples of sea bass caught annually in England and Wales. Research carried out by the Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science has established the age and size at which male and female bass become mature in UK waters, and reproductive state by area and season. This information is updated as necessary. It is used to provide scientific advice on the conservation status of bass stocks, and informs any decisions taken by this Department on the management of fisheries taking sea bass.

Landings of Sea Bass into the UK 1999–2003
	Quantity (tonnes live weight)
Country of landing/ Port of landing	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
England
North Shields	0.04	0 00	0.04	0.02	0.04
Holy Island	—	—	—	—	0.01
Seahouses	—	—	0.00	0.00	—
Amble	0.01	0.00	0.01	0.02	0.01
Newbiggin	—	—	—	—	0.01
Blyth	0.00	—	0.00	0.01	0.03
Sunderland	—	0.01	0.00	0.01	0.01
Hartlepool	0.01	0.01	0.06	0.04	0.06
Whitby	0.16	0.07	0.43	0.31	0.52
Scarborough	0.12	0.04	0.60	1.49	2.80
Filey	—	0.05	0.05	0.04	0.03
Flam borough	—	0.08	—	—	—
Bridlington	0.55	0.09	0.09	0.12	0.18
Grimsby	0.12	0.26	0.31	0.09	0.59
Boston	0.02	0.00	—	—	—
Lowestoft	0.85	1.72	2.94	4.50	8.20
Brancaster Staithe	—	0.02	—	0.11	—
Sheringham	—	—	—	0.05	0.01
Cromer	—	—	—	0.12	0.05
Great Yarmouth	0.05	1.32	0.51	0.37	0.17
Southwold	0.86	1.28	0.52	0.71	1.02
Dunwich	—	0.00	0.03	—	0.01
Sizewell Beach	—	—	—	0.94
Aldeburgh	0.35	0.03	0.11	0.43	0.88
Orford	1.77	1.44	1.12	0.61	1.26
Ipswich	1.11	6.13	2.31	1.73	—
Felixstowe	0.03	0.01	0.05	8.63	1.51
Harwich	0.25	0.15	0.19	0.64	0.10
Walton-on-Naze	1.54	0.57	0.95	1.56	2.38
Clacton	0.02	—	0.09	0.15	0.00
Wivenhoe	0.81	0.31	0.59	0.79	0.58
Brightlingsea	0.31	0.03	—	0.01	0.01
West Mersea	16.24	0.25	0.66	1.33	0.87
Maldon	0.02	—	—	—	—
Bradwell	—	—	—	0.25	0.22
Burnham-On-Crouch	0.06	0.08	—	0.02	0.01

Great Wakering	0.10	0.00	0.01	0.23	0.31
Canvey Island	0.02	0.01	0.01	0.05	0.12
Southend-On-Sea	—	—	—	0.01	—
Leigh-On-Sea	1.33	2.06	0.76	0.83	1.74
Faversham	0.51	1.03	1.54	2.17	1.92
Gravesend	0.00	—	—	—	—
Rochester	0.10	—	—	—	—
Queenborough	0.33	1.09	0.50	0.40	1.99
Whitstable	8.47	7.01	6.23	12.10	18.59
Hastings	3.00	3.77	2.05	3.34	6.39
Poole	64.44	9.33	9.91	0.60	5.33
Margate	4.57	3.69	1.80	2.60	1.91
Broadstairs	0.29	0.56	0.01	0.13	0.07
Ramsgate	27.12	17.29	13.41	26.21	30.60
Dover	2.60	0.95	6.63	2.79	—
Folkestone	6.99	6.66	9.71	7.87	6.93
Hythe	0.93	1.84	0.96	0.46	2.11
Dungeness	2.25	1.48	0.50	2.34	0.51
Rye	4.01	2.32	2.97	3.70	3.40
Eastbourne	16.24	17.75	12.06	17.98	20.41
Newhaven	45.20	27.31	25.02	23.36	11.57
Brighton	2.81	1.85	1.23	4.50	1.87
Shoreham	33.85	18.69	29.23	30.37	42.73
Worthing	5.87	1.35	4.93	2.05	2.75
Littlehampton	2.69	5.28	2.89	3.14	5.94
Bognor Regis	0.05	—	0.02	0.01	—
Selsey	11.37	11.17	2.98	20.77	12.04
Langstone Harbour	4.54	4.61	3.85	2.86	3.36
Itchenor/East Wittering	—	—	—	—	0.07
Emsworth	0.02	0.95	—	—	0.00
Hamble	0.01	1.73	0.42	0.12	0.80
Hayling Island	—	—	0.00	0.02	—
Portsmouth	31.03	36.61	36.45	44.07	44.17
Southampton	16.25	0.16	0.97	0.00	0.56
Christchurch	7.68	2.95	1.47	—	1.94
Cowes	—	—	0.08	—	—
Isle of Wight	—	6.66	5.21	1.49	5.44
Lymington	2.93	5.13	6.04	0.85	2.18
Keyhaven	—	0.00	—	—	0.00
Swanage	1.00	0.02	0.01	—	—
Kimmeridge	0.05	0.02	0.00	—	0.05
Lulworth Cove	—	0.17	0.39	0.70	—
Weymouth	44.26	14.28	3.08	1.08	6.76
Portland	1.12	0.27	0.02	0.12	0.07
Ferrybridge	—	0.00	—	—	—
West Bay	0.14	1.06	0.05	—	—
Lyme Regis	2.92	1.56	1.28	0.96	4.00
Plymouth	161.78	59.73	108.54	122.77	140.69
Newlyn	4.46	8.26	21.34	98.81	12.90
Beer	0.69	0.83	1.04	0.70	0.42
Exmouth	3.09	10.24	10.57	8.66	9.16
Teignmouth	—	0.19	0.01	0.08	0.35
Torquay	0.61	0.33	0.20	0.34	0.51
Brixham	65.23	33.26	20.49	27.27	27.51
Dartmouth	0.50	0.51	0.39	0.33	0.37
River Dart	0.15	—	—	—	—
Kingswear	0.29	—	—	—	—
Salcombe	0.05	0.07	0.06	0.14	0.04
Hope Cove	—	—	0.00	—	—
Looe	3.08	8.67	9.30	32.34	15.02
Polperro	2.08	1.48	2.11	4.43	12.35
River Fowey	0.55	0.08	0.17	0.05	0.37
Mevagissey	3.50	1.39	1.91	3.51	11.95
River Fal—Falmouth	0.56	0.16	0.47	0.35	0.51
Helford River	0.02	0.14	0.14	0.31	0.22
Porthoustock	—	—	—	0.02	—
Coverack	0.03	0.10	0.01	0.01	—
Cadgwith	0.04	0.00	0.01	0.01	—
Penzance	0.02	0.10	0.00	0.08	0.02
Penberth	—	—	1.95	0.07	—
St. Ives	—	0.00	0.00	0.08	—
Hayle	0.01	0.24	0.02	0.51	0.02
Newquay	0.29	—	0.21	0.38	0.03
Padstow	1.29	0.62	2.04	3.22	1.67
Port Isaac	0.05	0.30	0.07	0.89	0.30

Landings of sea bass into the UK, 1999 to 2003
Value (£000)
Port of landing	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
England¹
North Shields	²—	²—	²—	²—	²—
Holy Island	³—	³—	³—	³—	³—
Seahouses	³—	³—	²—	²—	³—

Northern Ireland¹
Kilkeel	³—	³—	7	6	32
Portavogie	³—	³—	³—	³—	²—
Bangor (County Down)	³—	³—	³—	²—	³—
County Antrim	³—	³—	³—	³—	²—
Total	4,173	2,352	2,608	3,558	3,165
¹Country of landing.
²Less than half the last digit shown.
³Nil.