Written question asked by John Hayes (Conservative) on Thursday, 6 November 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 20 November 2003. It was answered by Ben Bradshaw (Labour) on Thursday, 20 November 2003 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what major fish stocks which are closed to UK vessels remain open to other countries' vessels; and what the quota levels of each are.- Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what major fish stocks which are closed to UK vessels remain open to other countries' vessels; and what the quota levels of each are. [138095] Mr. Bradshaw: Two fisheries--Western blue whiting and North Sea herring--have so far been closed in 2003 to the UK fleet as a whole. These fisheries remain open to those other member states which still have uncaught quota for them. Details of their quotas and landings, as shown by the Commission's FIDES database at 11 November, are set out in the following table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Western blue whiting North sea herring Member state Current quota Landings Closure Current quota Landings Closure effective effective Germany 18,955 11,712 -- 39,087 38,314 -- Denmark 2,218 586 -- 63,405 28,590 -- Spain 104 44 -- -- -- -- France 11,944 9,354 -- 19,154 16,933 -- Ireland 17,165 14,069 -- -- -- -- Netherlands 31,263 31,659 4 June 2003 45,935 43,689 -- Sweden 0 25 -- 4,070 503 -- UK 25,032 21,273 2 April 2003 58,438 57,510 9 September 2003 EEC 107,281 94,722 -- 224,458 185,536 -- _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

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