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What measures his Department is taking to prevent the (a) dolphin and (b) other wildlife mortalities recorded in 1995 in Cornish driftnets in the albacore tuna fishery; and if his Department is funding observation of the wildlife bycatch in the United Kingdom albacore tuna driftnet fishery in 1996.

Asked by
Elliot Morley (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
16 July 1996
Reference
281 c514W; 37749;37748
House
House of Commons

What is his current estimate of the number of dolphins killed as a result of tuna fishing off the western coasts of Britain during 1995. - Inc figs and ref to report by the sea mammal research unit on cetacean by-catch by UK vessels in the 1995 north-east Atlantic tuna...

Asked by
Lord Stratford (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
19 January 1996
Reference
8771; 269 c789W;269 c787W
House
House of Commons

If he will place in the Library a copy of the report commissioned by his Department into dolphin deaths in tuna fishing nets off the western coasts of Britain and Europe in Summer 1995. - Ref to "Cetacean bycatch in the UK tuna driftnet fishery in 1995" in Library.

Asked by
Lord Corbett of Castle Vale
Answering body
Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
15 January 1996
Reference
9386; 269 c462W;269 c459W
House
House of Commons
Deposited by
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Type
Consultation papers; Deposited papers
Date
27 October 1992
Reference
Dep 8351
House
House of Commons

Pursuant to his Answer of 12th June, Official Report, 209 c320W, what efforts are currently being undertaken by his Department to encourage world-wide measures to ban dolphin encirclement in all fisheries.

Asked by
Cynog Dafis (Plaid Cymru)
Answering body
Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
15 July 1992
Reference
211 c807W
House
House of Commons

That this House notes that dolphins are endangered by certain methods of catching tuna; is appalled that seven million dolphins have been unnecessarily killed over the last 30 years in the Eastern Tropical Pacific (ETP) alone as a result of the deliberate setting of purse-seine nets round dolphins in order...

Primary sponsor
David Shaw (Conservative)
Type
Early day motions
Date
30 June 1992
Reference
386
House
House of Commons

If he will make it his policy to support a ban on deliberate dolphin encirclement by EC nationals and within EC waters.

Asked by
Cynog Dafis (Plaid Cymru)
Answering body
Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
12 June 1992
Reference
209 c320-1W
House
House of Commons

What is his policy on the GATT panel conclusions on the US embargoes on tuna caught by methods that are not dolphin safe.

Asked by
Paul Flynn (Labour)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
22 May 1992
Reference
208 c333W
House
House of Commons

Whether he has taken any steps to ensure tuna served in House of Commons restaurants has been caught by methods that are not harmful to dolphins and other marine life.

Asked by
Elliot Morley (Labour)
Answering body
Leader of the House of Commons
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
5 February 1991
Reference
185 c119W
House
House of Commons

When Minister proposes to meet his counterparts in EC regarding banning of imported tuna caught with dolphin by-catches.

Asked by
Rhodri Morgan (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
26 July 1990
Reference
177 c557W;177 c554W
House
House of Commons

That this House notes with grave concern that an estimated 150,000 dolphins are killed each year by the tuna fishing industry; deplores the industry practices whereby dolphins are used to detect possible tuna fish stocks, are then chased for miles, herded together by use of explosives, which cause not only...

Primary sponsor
Simon Hughes (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Early day motions
Date
6 July 1990
Reference
1244
House
House of Commons

What steps have been taken to ensure that tuna fish served in House is caught in a manner harmless to dolphins

Asked by
Ron Davies (Labour)
Answering body
Leader of the House of Commons
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
14 June 1990
Reference
174 c297W
House
House of Commons