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Nutreco Holding NV and Hydro Seafood GSP Ltd. Competition Commission report on the merger situation.

Type

Command papers

Notes

Received 21.12.01

Date

22 December 2000

Reference

Cm 5004

House

House of Commons

Hayman, Baroness

Statement on whether they will report progress on the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Review. [HL 229]. - Includes figures.

Asked by

Lord Hogg of Cumbernauld (Labour)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

20 December 2000

Reference

HL 229; 620 c61-3WA

House

House of Lords

COARSE FISHING CLOSE SEASON ON RIVERS IN ENGLAND AND WALES

That this House notes that one of the recommendations of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Review was for the abolition of the coarse fishing close season on rivers in England and Wales; believes that the close season should be retained on running water to protect the riverside environment, to minimise...

Primary sponsor

Martin Salter (Labour)

Type

Early day motions

Date

20 December 2000

Reference

135

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Statement on what progress has been made since the publication of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Review; and if he will make a statement. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Martyn Jones (Labour)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

20 December 2000

For answer on

20 December 2000

Answered on

20 December 2000

Mr. Martyn Jones: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what progress has been made since the publication of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Review; and if he will make a statement. [144024] Mr. Morley: In April 1998 the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State for Wales formed a small independent group to review existing policies and legislation in England and Wales concerning the management and conservation of salmon, trout, eels and freshwater fish. The Review Group submitted its report in February 2000, and the Salmon and Freshwater fisheries Review was published in March. Interested individuals and organisations were then invited to comment on the Review. Over 700 individuals and organisations sent in comments, and these have been taken into account in deciding the Government's response to the Review. The great majority strongly supported the Review's recommendations and conclusions, although concern was expressed about some individual recommendations, in particular one relating to the coarse fish close season on rivers. The Government intend to respond to all the 195 recommendations in the Review in relation to England, and this detailed response will be placed in the Library of the House, and sent to all hon. Members who have expressed an interest in the Review, after the recess. The National Assembly for Wales will be responding separately. In the meantime, I would like to outline the key elements of our response. The Government welcome the Review, which we consider to be a major contribution to the development of modern policies on salmon and freshwater fisheries. It endorses the Review's recommendations on the rationale for Government involvement in the conservation and management of salmon and freshwater fish and accepts the great majority of the Review's recommendations relating to salmon and freshwater fisheries legislation. When parliamentary time permits the Government intend to introduce proposals for new salmon and freshwater fisheries legislation to implement the agreed changes. The Review recommends a substantial increase in grant-in-aid to fund the Environment Agency's fisheries function. The Government have considered this recommendation with particular care. We note that pressures on the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food budget made it necessary to reduce grant-in-aid in England by £1.5 million in 2001-02; grant-in-aid paid to the Agency by the Ministry next year will therefore fall to £3.2 million. The Government have, however, now decided, in the light of the Review's recommendation, to increase grant-in-aid in England by £3 million a year for the years 2002-03 and 2003-04; this will mean that grant-in-aid for each of these years will be set at £6.2 million--an increase of 30 per cent. on the level of grant-in-aid in the current year. It will be for the Environment Agency to decide how these additional funds should be spent, but the Government have identified two priority areas: conserving and restoring salmon stocks and improving controls over unauthorised transfers of coarse and non-native fish. Salmon stocks in England are currently at historic low levels and the Agency will use the extra funds to further the implementation of the Salmon Action Plans on all 47 main salmon rivers in England, with the aim of increasing the number of rivers in which salmon stocks meet the conservation limit. Coarse fish imported illegally from outside the UK and unauthorised fish transfers can spread fish diseases to wild stocks; unauthorised introduction into waters in England of non-native fish species also poses a threat to native species and to biodiversity. The Agency will aim to secure a significant reduction in the number of unauthorised transfers of fish. In allocating additional grant-in-aid to the Environment Agency the Government accept the Review's conclusion that the Environment Agency's fisheries functions continue to be funded from both grant-in-aid and rod and net licence income. We also endorse the Review Group's view that the Agency's work on coarse fish and on trout should benefit from grant-in-aid, in particular when new work is being undertaken. We expect the Agency to devote around one third of the £3 million increase in grant-in-aid to work on coarse fish. As the Review Group points out, Government spending on salmon and freshwater fisheries is not restricted to Environment Agency Grant-in-Aid; these fisheries also benefit substantially from other forms of Government expenditure. Projects for habitat improvement and to develop salmon and freshwater fisheries are, for example, eligible for assistance under agri-environment schemes and the England Rural Development Programme. The Environment Agency and Sport England are continuing to liaise closely to identify any specific projects where two organisations can collaborate together. The Review recommends that the existing phase out of mixed stock salmon net fisheries should be accelerated by offering compensation to netsmen to encourage them to leave these fisheries on a voluntary basis as soon as possible. It also recommends that the Government should provide substantial pump-priming funds to launch the necessary compensation arrangements. The Government welcome the Review's endorsement of its policy on mixed stock fisheries. We agree that it would be desirable to speed up the current phase out, on a voluntary basis, and have decided to contribute to the cost involved. We will contribute a maximum of £750,000 for this purpose, payable in the years 2002-03 and 2003-04. However, the Government share the Review Group's view that those who benefit from the phasing out of mixed stock fisheries, particularly riparian owners and anglers in both England and Scotland, should contribute a major share of the cost. The Government's contribution to the costs of a compensation scheme will, therefore, be conditional on private interests raising a matching sum. The Government will discuss the details of the proposed compensation scheme with interested parties. We propose that the scheme should initially focus on the largest mixed stock fishery, the north-east salmon drift net fishery. The Review contains a number of recommendations on angling close seasons; these attracted more comments than any other changes proposed by the Review Group. A substantial majority of these expressed opposition to the recommendation that the coarse fish close season should be abolished on rivers. The Government endorse the general approach on close seasons proposed by the Review Group, and have already, in line with the Group's recommendations, confirmed byelaws lifting the close season in most canals. As to the coarse fish close season on rivers, the Government agree with the Environment Agency's view that any change to the coarse fish close season on rivers should be based on science, that at present there is inadequate information on rivers and that no decision on lifting the close season should be considered until further evidence is available. The Review makes recommendations on a variety of other matters that can affect the conservation of fish in freshwater, including agriculture, forestry, water abstraction, land drainage and flood defence, and predation, most of which the Government have accepted. A number of the recommendations in the Review relate to the duties of the Environment Agency. The Government note that the Agency is currently subject to a Financial, Management and Policy Review. This will be a comprehensive review that will ask fundamental questions on the purpose, functions and organisation of the Agency. In these circumstances, the Government have not yet reached a decision on the recommendations in question; we will determine our response to them in the light of the outcome of the FMPR.

Date

20 December 2000

Reference

360 c205-7W; 144024

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what levels of (a) dichlorvos, (b) carithaxanthin and (c) oxytetracycline have been found in salmon in the United Kingdom in the last 12 months. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Chris Ruane (Labour)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

30 November 2000

Reference

357 c884W; 141183

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the impact on public health of the methods used in the farming of salmon. - (Holding answer 6 November 2000).

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

28 November 2000

Reference

357 c556W; 136562

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on the inspection regime for salmon farms. - Inc figures. (Holding answer 6 November 2000).

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

27 November 2000

Reference

357 c396W; 136563

House

House of Commons

Deposited Paper HINF 2000/1718

Deposited by

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Type

Deposited papers

Date

25 October 2000

Reference

HINF 2000/1718

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, What steps he is taking to protect wild salmon from the consequences of salmon farming. (Failed OPQ)

Asked by

Jim Cousins (Labour)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

27 July 2000

Reference

354 c788W; 131275

House

House of Commons

COARSE FISHING CLOSE SEASON ON RIVERS IN ENGLAND AND WALES

Primary sponsor

Martin Salter (Labour)

Type

Early day motions

Date

27 July 2000

Reference

1060

House

House of Commons

Hayman, Baroness

What action they propose to stop the practice of drift netting at sea off the coast of north-east England, bearing in mind the estimated catch of salmon by such methods in 1999. [HL 3405].

Asked by

Lord Sanderson of Bowden (Conservative)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

24 July 2000

Reference

HL 3405; 616 c2WA

House

House of Lords

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what is his estimate of the number of angler-caught (a) salmon, (b) grilse and (c) sea trout caught in England in each of the last five years; and what his estimate is of the number of each of these three categories...

Asked by

William Ross (Ulster Unionist Party)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

28 June 2000

For answer on

10 July 2000

Answered on

10 July 2000

Mr. William Ross: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is his estimate of the number of angler-caught (a) salmon, (b) grilse and (c) sea trout caught in England in each of the last five years; and what his estimate is of the number of each of these three categories of fish taken by seals in English waters in each of these years. [128827] Mr. Morley: [holding answer 3 July 2000]: The table sets out the figures for rod-caught salmon, grilse and sea trout caught in England in the last five years. The figures include fish caught and released. Declared rod catch for English waters _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Salmon{1} Grilse{1} Sea trout 1995 3,202 8,658 16,581 1996 4,066 7,910 16,562 1997 2,441 6,984 16,228 1998 2,152 10,619 23,911 1999{2} 2,686 6,449 22,209 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Numbers of salmon and grilse estimated from age/weight keys and the size distribution of fish caught in principal salmon rivers {2} Provisional figures No estimate is available of the number of these species of fish taken by seals in English waters. The predominant species targeted by seals are known to be cod, whiting and sandeels. Nationally, salmon, grilse and sea trout form a very small part of seal diet.

Date

10 July 2000

Reference

128827; 353 c385-6W;353 c383-4W

House

House of Commons

Office of the Secretary of State for Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what is the number of angler caught (a) salmon, (b) grilse and (c) sea trout caught in Wales in each of the last five years; and what his estimate is of the number of each of these categories of fish taken by...

Asked by

William Ross (Ulster Unionist Party)

Answering body

Office of the Secretary of State for Wales

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

28 June 2000

For answer on

4 July 2000

Answered on

4 July 2000

Mr. William Ross: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the number of angler caught (a) salmon, (b) grilse and (c) sea trout caught in Wales in each of the last five years; and what his estimate is of the number of each of these categories of fish taken by seals in Welsh waters in each of these years. [128855] Mr. Paul Murphy: [holding answer 3 July 2000]: In Wales in the last five years the number of angler caught (a) salmon, (b) grilse and (c) sea trout were: Declared rod catch of sea trout from Welsh rivers, 1995-99 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number 1995 10,754 1996 13,123 1997 13,914 1998 24,401 1999 24,629 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Estimated number of grilse and MSW (multi sea wintering) salmon (corrected for under-reporting at a 10 per cent. increase) in Welsh rod catch, 1995-99 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Salmon (MSW) Grilse 1995 1,491 3,070 1996 2,287 3,728 1997 1,119 2,865 1998 895 3,863 1999 1,065 2,339 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. An estimated 40 per cent. of salmon and 50 per cent. of sea trout are returned (1999 figures) by Welsh anglers. Official statistics and estimates of fish taken by seals are not maintained. Responsibility for fisheries was transferred to the National Assembly for Wales from 1 July 1999 within the 12 nautical miles of fishing water surrounding the coast, as defined by the Government of Wales Act 1998.

Date

4 July 2000

Reference

128855; 353 c120W

House

House of Commons

Northern Ireland Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what is his estimate of the number of (a) salmon, (b) grilse and (c) sea trout caught by anglers in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years; and what is his estimate of the number of each of these...

Asked by

William Ross (Ulster Unionist Party)

Answering body

Northern Ireland Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

3 July 2000

Reference

128853; 353 c27W

House

House of Commons

Scotland Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what is his estimate of the number of angler caught (a) salmon, (b) grilse and (c) sea trout caught in Scotland in each of the last five years; and what is his estimate of the number of each of these three categories...

Asked by

William Ross (Ulster Unionist Party)

Answering body

Scotland Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

3 July 2000

Reference

128854; 353 c27W

House

House of Commons

Hayman, Baroness

What further measures have been introduced since the establishment of the Environment Agency to curb illegal fishing; and with what success [HL 2919]. - Inc table.

Asked by

Lord Mason of Barnsley (Labour)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

28 June 2000

Reference

HL 2919; 614 c81WA

House

House of Lords

Hayman, Baroness

What recent talks they have had with the North Sea drift net fishermen on the progress being made to close the North Sea Drift Fishery; and whether compensation is being considered to assist the process. [HL 2917}.

Asked by

Lord Mason of Barnsley (Labour)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

22 June 2000

Reference

614 c44-5WA

House

House of Lords

Hayman, Baroness

How many fishing licences for stillwater trout and salmon have been sold in each year since the introduction of the national fishing licence in 1990. [HL 2904]. - Inc table.

Asked by

Lord Mason of Barnsley (Labour)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

21 June 2000

Reference

614 c27-8WA; HL 2904

House

House of Lords

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what initiatives he is pursuing to aid migratory salmonid fisheries.

Asked by

Elfyn Llwyd (Plaid Cymru)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

15 May 2000

Reference

121733; 350 c9-10W

House

House of Commons

Hayman, Baroness

Whether they consider that the sterilisation of artifically reared salmon before they are released into the environment can be guaranteed to be 100 per cent effective. [HL 2112].

Asked by

Lord Moran (Crossbench)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

9 May 2000

Reference

612 c221WA; HL 2112

House

House of Lords

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