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Northern Ireland Office

Answer

Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people were employed in the (a) shellfish and (b) whitefish sectors of the fishing industry in Northern Ireland on the last date for which figures are available. [221336] Mr. Pearson: Information in respect of the number of people employed in the processing and marketing, catching and other sectors of the Northern Ireland fishing industry is shown in the following table. The data does not distinguish between employment in the shellfish and whitefish sectors and to provide this information would incur disproportionate cost. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 2000 2001 2002 Part-time Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Full-time Ardglass Catching 10 96 10 81 8 84 Processing and marketing 13 160 23 155 21 152 Others 6 37 4 47 4 35 Total 29 293 37 283 33 271 Kilkeel Catching 30 280 0 200 0 260 Processing and marketing 81 546 61 483 48 339 Others 13 74 6 68 5 66 Total 124 900 67 751 53 665 Portavogie Catching 19 215 19 213 24 204 Processing and marketing 120 95 120 110 125 115 Others 16 36 16 40 19 43 Total 155 346 155 363 168 362 North Coast Catching 15 21 17 19 11 20 Processing and marketing 21 89 21 89 17 95 Others 7 25 8 25 12 56 Total 43 135 46 133 40 171 All ports Catching 74 612 46 513 43 568 Processing and marketing 235 890 225 837 211 701 Others 42 172 34 180 40 200 Total 351 1,674 305 1,530 294 1,469 2003 2004 Part-time Full-time Part-time Full-time Ardglass Catching 10 91 5 89 Processing and marketing 5 129 0 134 Others 2 16 0 23 Total 17 236 5 246 Kilkeel Catching 0 190 150 250 Processing and marketing 51 387 45 384 Others 3 61 4 55 Total 54 638 49 689 Portavogie Catching 24 156 24 176 Processing and marketing 96 127 68 174 Others 21 39 18 28 Total 141 322 110 378 North Coast Catching 6 21 5 20 Processing and marketing 7 77 7 70 Others 3 31 1 30 Total 16 129 13 120 All ports Catching 40 458 84 535 Processing and marketing 159 720 120 762 Others 29 147 23 136 Total 228 1,325 227 1,433 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 includes 30 seasonal staff. Note: "Others" includes harbour jobs, boat building and chandlery supplies.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

432 c114-6W;432 c112-4W; 221336

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Fisheries Northern Ireland Staff Shellfish White fish

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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