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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will review the proposed reduction in the sole fishery in the Western Channel.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will review the proposed reduction in the sole fishery in the Western Channel.
Asked by
Caroline Voaden
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Daniel Zeichner
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
11 November 2024
For answer on
13 November 2024
Answered on
15 November 2024
There is no reduction in the International Council of the Exploration of the Seas (ICES) advice for Western Channel (7e) sole, from 2024 to 2025. For the 2024 fishing year, the ICES advice was 1057t, for the 2025 fishing year it is 1151t. This is an 8.9% increase.
In terms of the Total Allowable Catch (TAC) which was set for 2024, although ICES advised a 24% cut, the UK and EU agreed a smaller (15%) reduction, in order to mitigate the short-term economic risks potentially consequent of a such a cut.
Subjects
Conservation; English Channel; Sole
Date
15 November 2024
Reference
13675
House
House of Commons
SI 2008/2347. (Negative instrument). Together with an explanatory memorandum and impact assessment from the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs. Coming into force 30 September 2008.
SI 2008/2347. (Negative instrument). Together with an explanatory memorandum and impact assessment from the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs. Coming into force 30 September 2008.
Department
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Statutory instruments
Procedure
Negative
Laid on
5 September 2008
Made on
1 September 2008
Coming into force
30 September 2008
Legislation
Fisheries Act 1981; Sea Fishing (Recovery Measures) Order 2008
Subjects
Fisheries; Fishery agreements; Fishing catches; Quotas; White fish; Sole; Plaice
Commons Library location
UP 1349 2007-08
Date
5 September 2008
Reference
SI 2008/2347
House
House of Commons; House of Lords
Type
Impact assessments
Author
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Legislation
Decommissioning of Fishing Vessels Scheme 2007
Subjects
Decommissioning; Conservation; Fisheries; Environment protection; Fishing vessels; Government assistance; EU action; Sole; English Channel
Commons Library location
RIA 07/14
Lords Library location
HINF 2007/298
Date
13 February 2007
Reference
RIA 07/14;HINF 2007/298
My hon. Friend will be aware of the impact of the burning of fossil fuels on the state of the ocean, on commercial fisheries and on quotas, so would he recommend that the hon. Member for Croydon, Central (Mr. Pelling) visit the exhibition on oceans and climate change, which is displayed in the Upper Waiting Room? Other hon. Members should also pay a visit—if they have not already done so—while it is on this week to observe the scale of the problem and, indeed, to see some of the very exciting solutions ventured by the Plymouth marine science partnership, which is conducting the exhibition.
My hon. Friend will be aware of the impact of the burning of fossil fuels on the state of the ocean, on commercial fisheries and on quotas, so would he recommend that the hon. Member for Croydon, Central (Mr. Pelling) visit the exhibition on oceans and climate change, which is displayed in the Upper Waiting Room? Other hon. Members should also pay a visit—if they have not already done so—while it is on this week to observe the scale of the problem and, indeed, to see some of the very exciting solutions ventured by the Plymouth marine science partnership, which is conducting the exhibition.
Asked by
Linda Gilroy
(Labour; Co-operative Party)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
1 February 2007
Yes, I certainly would recommend that all hon. Members visit the exhibition that is sponsored by my hon. Friend. I understand that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State is going there at 11.30 this morning. My hon. Friend and the exhibition make very important points about the connection between the health of the marine environment and climate change. Our seas play a crucial role in absorbing CO2 and there is a danger that increasing acidification of the seas will help tip the balance even more severely towards global warming. Some fantastic technological solutions are being developed in my hon. Friend’s Plymouth constituency, which will not only help to mitigate that, but provide solutions to promote absorption of CO2 in the future.
Subjects
Fisheries; Quotas; Conservation; White fish; Sole; Plaice
Date
1 February 2007
Reference
456 c347-8
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Does the Minister believe that there is a future for a fishing fleet catching whitefish in the United Kingdom? I ask that because the Minister with responsibility for fishing in Northern Ireland refused to give the tie-up aid for the Northern Ireland whitefish fleet. That will mean the decimation, the destruction and disappearance of our whitefish fleet. Is that policy the same throughout the UK?
Does the Minister believe that there is a future for a fishing fleet catching whitefish in the United Kingdom? I ask that because the Minister with responsibility for fishing in Northern Ireland refused to give the tie-up aid for the Northern Ireland whitefish fleet. That will mean the decimation, the destruction and disappearance of our whitefish fleet. Is that policy the same throughout the UK?
Asked by
Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown
(Democratic Unionist Party)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
1 February 2007
I am sure that the hon. Gentleman has noted the comments of the representative of the Northern Ireland fishing industry after the December Council. He was full of praise for the agreement that was reached, not least because we managed to achieve a 17 per cent. increase in the quota for prawns for Northern Ireland fishermen. Prawns are their most important economic stock.
Of course there is a future for the whitefish fleet throughout the United Kingdom as long as we ensure that we do not overfish and exploit stocks unsustainably. The hon. Gentleman may have read in the Northern Ireland press this week, if the news was reproduced there, that the Government in the Irish Republic are planning a massive decommissioning scheme for their whitefish fleet in recognition of the problem that I outlined: in the past, our fishing fleet has not always been the right size for exploiting the stock.
Subjects
Fisheries; Quotas; Conservation; White fish; Sole; Plaice
Date
1 February 2007
Reference
456 c348
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Yes, I certainly would recommend that all hon. Members visit the exhibition that is sponsored by my hon. Friend. I understand that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State is going there at 11.30 this morning. My hon. Friend and the exhibition make very important points about the connection between the health of the marine environment and climate change. Our seas play a crucial role in absorbing CO2 and there is a danger that increasing acidification of the seas will help tip the balance even more severely towards global warming. Some fantastic technological solutions are being developed in my hon. Friend’s Plymouth constituency, which will not only help to mitigate that, but provide solutions to promote absorption of CO2 in the future.
Yes, I certainly would recommend that all hon. Members visit the exhibition that is sponsored by my hon. Friend. I understand that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State is going there at 11.30 this morning. My hon. Friend and the exhibition make very important points about the connection between the health of the marine environment and climate change. Our seas play a crucial role in absorbing CO2 and there is a danger that increasing acidification of the seas will help tip the balance even more severely towards global warming. Some fantastic technological solutions are being developed in my hon. Friend’s Plymouth constituency, which will not only help to mitigate that, but provide solutions to promote absorption of CO2 in the future.
Answered by
Ben Bradshaw
(Labour)
Asked by
Linda Gilroy
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Oral answers to questions
My hon. Friend will be aware of the impact of the burning of fossil fuels on the state of the ocean, on commercial fisheries and on quotas, so would he recommend that the hon. Member for Croydon, Central (Mr. Pelling) visit the exhibition on oceans and climate change, which is displayed in the Upper Waiting Room? Other hon. Members should also pay a visit—if they have not already done so—while it is on this week to observe the scale of the problem and, indeed, to see some of the very exciting solutions ventured by the Plymouth marine science partnership, which is conducting the exhibition.
Subjects
Conservation; Fisheries; Quotas; White fish; Sole; Plaice
Date
1 February 2007
Reference
456 c347-8
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
I am sure that the hon. Gentleman has noted the comments of the representative of the Northern Ireland fishing industry after the December Council. He was full of praise for the agreement that was reached, not least because we managed to achieve a 17 per cent. increase in the quota for prawns for Northern Ireland fishermen. Prawns are their most important economic stock.
Of course there is a future for the whitefish fleet throughout the United Kingdom as long as we ensure that we do not overfish and exploit stocks unsustainably. The hon. Gentleman may have read in the Northern Ireland press this week, if the news was reproduced there, that the Government in the Irish Republic are planning a massive decommissioning scheme for their whitefish fleet in recognition of the problem that I outlined: in the past, our fishing fleet has not always been the right size for exploiting the stock.
I am sure that the hon. Gentleman has noted the comments of the representative of the Northern Ireland fishing industry after the December Council. He was full of praise for the agreement that was reached, not least because we managed to achieve a 17 per cent. increase in the quota for prawns for Northern Ireland fishermen. Prawns are their most important economic stock.
Of course there is a future for the whitefish fleet throughout the United Kingdom as long as we ensure that we do not overfish and exploit stocks unsustainably. The hon. Gentleman may have read in the Northern Ireland press this week, if the news was reproduced there, that the Government in the Irish Republic are planning a massive decommissioning scheme for their whitefish fleet in recognition of the problem that I outlined: in the past, our fishing fleet has not always been the right size for exploiting the stock.
Answered by
Ben Bradshaw
(Labour)
Asked by
Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown
(Democratic Unionist Party)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Oral answers to questions
Does the Minister believe that there is a future for a fishing fleet catching whitefish in the United Kingdom? I ask that because the Minister with responsibility for fishing in Northern Ireland refused to give the tie-up aid for the Northern Ireland whitefish fleet. That will mean the decimation, the destruction and disappearance of our whitefish fleet. Is that policy the same throughout the UK?
Subjects
Conservation; Fisheries; Quotas; White fish; Sole; Plaice
Date
1 February 2007
Reference
456 c348
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
I hate to inform the hon. Gentleman, but his Front Benchers have abandoned the policy of unilateral withdrawal from the common fisheries policy. I am told today by Dundee’s The Courier that the Conservative Scottish fisheries spokesman, Ted Brocklebank, is so outraged that he is planning his resignation. I suggest that the hon. Gentleman has a word with his Front Benchers.
I hate to inform the hon. Gentleman, but his Front Benchers have abandoned the policy of unilateral withdrawal from the common fisheries policy. I am told today by Dundee’s The Courier that the Conservative Scottish fisheries spokesman, Ted Brocklebank, is so outraged that he is planning his resignation. I suggest that the hon. Gentleman has a word with his Front Benchers.
Answered by
Ben Bradshaw
(Labour)
Asked by
Andrew Pelling
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Oral answers to questions
I am grateful for the Minister’s answer, particularly for his great perception that fish move around. I am also grateful for the advice that I have received from Mr. McDermott, who runs the excellent McDermott fish and chip shops, which have won many awards. Speaking as an urban Member, it is important for me to ask questions about fishing policy, though it is very often Members representing ports who ask such questions. Is not 60 per cent. a devastating take? Would we not do better to follow the example of the Norwegians, who manage their Arctic cod stock in the Barents sea in co-operation with the EU and Russia? By having that sense of possession over our own seas while being co-operative with the EU, we could secure more effective management of our fish stock.
Subjects
Conservation; Fisheries; Quotas; White fish; Sole; Plaice
Date
1 February 2007
Reference
456 c347
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Is there any unused sole quota in the over-10 m sector? If so, could that quota be transferred to help the small boat inshore sector, which could use it without damaging the stocks? Do we need a little more flexibility in the way in which we manage our national fish quotas?
Is there any unused sole quota in the over-10 m sector? If so, could that quota be transferred to help the small boat inshore sector, which could use it without damaging the stocks? Do we need a little more flexibility in the way in which we manage our national fish quotas?
Asked by
Bob Spink
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
1 February 2007
We do use that flexibility and my officials work hard to organise the swaps that the hon. Gentleman advocates. I shall certainly consider his suggestion. My understanding is that there is a possibility that this year the quota may be under-fished in the over-10 m sector, in which case that might allow for some swapping. However, in previous years the allocation has been over-fished in both the under-10 m and over-10 m sectors. It is difficult to devise a system that could be made permanent without upsetting either sector. However, we try to be as flexible and helpful as we can be in instances when quota is not fully fished to benefit those who want to fish a little more.
Subjects
Fisheries; Fishing vessels; Quotas; Sole
Date
1 February 2007
Reference
456 c351-2
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
I am grateful for the Minister’s answer, particularly for his great perception that fish move around. I am also grateful for the advice that I have received from Mr. McDermott, who runs the excellent McDermott fish and chip shops, which have won many awards. Speaking as an urban Member, it is important for me to ask questions about fishing policy, though it is very often Members representing ports who ask such questions. Is not 60 per cent. a devastating take? Would we not do better to follow the example of the Norwegians, who manage their Arctic cod stock in the Barents sea in co-operation with the EU and Russia? By having that sense of possession over our own seas while being co-operative with the EU, we could secure more effective management of our fish stock.
I am grateful for the Minister’s answer, particularly for his great perception that fish move around. I am also grateful for the advice that I have received from Mr. McDermott, who runs the excellent McDermott fish and chip shops, which have won many awards. Speaking as an urban Member, it is important for me to ask questions about fishing policy, though it is very often Members representing ports who ask such questions. Is not 60 per cent. a devastating take? Would we not do better to follow the example of the Norwegians, who manage their Arctic cod stock in the Barents sea in co-operation with the EU and Russia? By having that sense of possession over our own seas while being co-operative with the EU, we could secure more effective management of our fish stock.
Asked by
Andrew Pelling
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
1 February 2007
I hate to inform the hon. Gentleman, but his Front Benchers have abandoned the policy of unilateral withdrawal from the common fisheries policy. I am told today by Dundee’s The Courier that the Conservative Scottish fisheries spokesman, Ted Brocklebank, is so outraged that he is planning his resignation. I suggest that the hon. Gentleman has a word with his Front Benchers.
Subjects
Common fisheries policy; Fisheries; Quotas; Conservation; White fish; Sole; Plaice
Date
1 February 2007
Reference
456 c347
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
It is not possible to provide a figure for UK seas because fish move around. Quotas are set for stocks in general and UK fishermen fish outside UK waters in the same way as fishermen from other member states fish inside UK waters. However, approximate estimates of the agreements reached on the stocks that the hon. Gentleman refers to would amount to removal of between 10 per cent. and 60 per cent., depending on the state of the stock. Of those stocks, the UK’s share of the total allowable catch ranges from 4 per cent. for North sea sole to 61 per cent. for west of Scotland plaice.
It is not possible to provide a figure for UK seas because fish move around. Quotas are set for stocks in general and UK fishermen fish outside UK waters in the same way as fishermen from other member states fish inside UK waters. However, approximate estimates of the agreements reached on the stocks that the hon. Gentleman refers to would amount to removal of between 10 per cent. and 60 per cent., depending on the state of the stock. Of those stocks, the UK’s share of the total allowable catch ranges from 4 per cent. for North sea sole to 61 per cent. for west of Scotland plaice.
Answered by
Ben Bradshaw
(Labour)
Asked by
Andrew Pelling
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Oral answers to questions
What percentage of the population of (a) cod, (b) sole and (c) plaice are expected to be removed from UK seas per year under new quotas.
Subjects
Conservation; Fisheries; Quotas; White fish; Sole; Plaice
Date
1 February 2007
Reference
456 c346-7
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
What percentage of the population of (a) cod, (b) sole and (c) plaice are expected to be removed from UK seas per year under new quotas.
What percentage of the population of (a) cod, (b) sole and (c) plaice are expected to be removed from UK seas per year under new quotas.
Asked by
Andrew Pelling
(Conservative)
Answered by
Ben Bradshaw
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Tabled on
29 January 2007
For answer on
1 February 2007
Answered on
1 February 2007
It is not possible to provide a figure for UK seas because fish move around. Quotas are set for stocks in general and UK fishermen fish outside UK waters in the same way as fishermen from other member states fish inside UK waters. However, approximate estimates of the agreements reached on the stocks that the hon. Gentleman refers to would amount to removal of between 10 per cent. and 60 per cent., depending on the state of the stock. Of those stocks, the UK’s share of the total allowable catch ranges from 4 per cent. for North sea sole to 61 per cent. for west of Scotland plaice.
Subjects
Conservation; Fisheries; Quotas; White fish; Sole; Plaice
Date
1 February 2007
Reference
456 c346-7; 117813
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cod by-catch from beam trawlers fishing for sole in the Eastern Irish Sea was in the last 10 years for which figures are available. - Inc table.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cod by-catch from beam trawlers fishing for sole in the Eastern Irish Sea was in the last 10 years for which figures are available. - Inc table.
Asked by
Owen Paterson
(Conservative)
Answered by
Ben Bradshaw
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
18 October 2004
For answer on
18 November 2004
Answered on
18 November 2004
Mr. Paterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the cod by- catch from beam trawlers
fishing for sole in the Eastern Irish Sea was in the last 10 years for which figures are available. [192948]
Mr. Bradshaw: Information is only available on the proportion that cod made up of total landings by UK fishing vessels of fish
caught in the Irish sea, as opposed to total catches of fish, and this is given as follows. The figures relate to activity by UK
fishing vessels over 10 m in length. They represent the average levels over the year, and there is considerable variability seen
between individual vessels and individual months of the year.
The information does not include any fish that may have been caught and then discarded before landing. Research was carried out in
2000 looking at the level of catches using beam trawl gear, which showed that cod made up on average 6 to 13 per cent. of
catches using beam trawl gear in the Irish sea.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Average percentage of cod in landings by UK over 10 m long
vessels caught using beam trawl when fishing in the Irish sea on
trips landing sole
1993 7
1994 4
1995 4
1996 3
1997 6
1998 7
1999 6
2000 1
2001 4
2002 4
2003 3
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Subjects
Fisheries; Fishing catches; White fish; Sole; Irish Sea
Date
18 November 2004
Reference
426 c2014W;426 c2020W; 192948
House
House of Commons
Motion to take note of European Union documents No 5199/04, draft regulation on the recovery of sole stocks in the Western Channel and the Bay of Biscay, and No 5205/04, Commission working paper on a draft regulation on the same subject. Agreed on question (formal).
Motion to take note of European Union documents No 5199/04, draft regulation on the recovery of sole stocks in the Western Channel and the Bay of Biscay, and No 5205/04, Commission working paper on a draft regulation on the same subject. Agreed on question (formal).
Type
Parliamentary proceedings
Subjects
Common fisheries policy; Conservation; Fisheries; Fishing catches; EU action; Quotas; Sole
Date
19 April 2004
Reference
420 c126
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
EU documents 5199/04, draft regulation on the recovery of sole stocks in the Western Channel and the Bay of Biscay, and 5205/04, Commission Staff Working Paper on a draft Regulation establishing measures for the recovery of sole stocks in the Western Channel and the Bay of Biscay. Considered by Standing Committee. Agreed to on question.
EU documents 5199/04, draft regulation on the recovery of sole stocks in the Western Channel and the Bay of Biscay, and 5205/04, Commission Staff Working Paper on a draft Regulation establishing measures for the recovery of sole stocks in the Western Channel and the Bay of Biscay. Considered by Standing...
Department
European Standing Committee A
Type
European Committee proceedings
Subjects
Conservation; Fisheries; Fishing catches; Quotas; Total allowable catches; Sole
Date
30 March 2004
Reference
European SCA
Chamber / Committee
Standing committees
House
House of Commons
Type
Select Committee reports; House of Commons papers;
Parliamentary committees
Committee
European Scrutiny Committee
Notes
Received 11.03.04
Subjects
Conservation; Fisheries; Fishing catches; Fishing limits; EU action; Waste disposal; Waste; Total allowable catches; Sole; Batteries
Date
25 February 2004
Reference
HC 42-xi 2003/04
House
House of Commons
Letter dated 11.06.1996 from Tony Baldry MP to David Amess MP further to adjournment debate on 27.03.1996 on the Essex fishing industry. MAFF. 2003.
Letter dated 11.06.1996 from Tony Baldry MP to David Amess MP further to adjournment debate on 27.03.1996 on the Essex fishing industry. MAFF. 2003.
Deposited by
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Type
Deposited papers
Author
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Committed on
11 November 2003
Originated on
11 June 1996
Received on
11 November 2003
Subjects
Fisheries; Essex; Prosecutions; Shellfish; Sole
Commons Library location
DEP 03/2357
Date
11 November 2003
Reference
DEP 03/2357
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what investigations are being carried out by the ECGD following the judgement of Judge Cullinan in Lesotho, on British companies that received ECGD support; and whether they have referred this case to the relevant external investigatory body.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what investigations are being carried out by the ECGD following the judgement of Judge Cullinan in Lesotho, on British companies that received ECGD support; and whether they have referred this case to the relevant external investigatory body.
Asked by
John Austin
(Labour)
Answered by
Patricia Hewitt
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
22 July 2002
For answer on
19 September 2002
Answered on
19 September 2002
John Austin: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what investigations are being carried out by the ECGD following
the judgment of Judge Cullinan in Lesotho, on British companies that received ECGD support; and whether they have referred this case
to the relevant external investigatory body. [72919]
Ms Hewitt: We are aware that there has been a guilty verdict delivered against Masupha Sole, the former Chief Executive of the
Lesotho Highlands Development Authority. However, the consortia involved in the Lesotho Highlands Water Project have not been
convicted of corruption.
ECGD is currently seeking information from the companies who were supported by ECGD and who were members of the consortia concerned,
and continues to closely monitor developments in relation to Court action in Lesotho.
ECGD is fully committed to eliminating bribery and corruption. On 28 September 2000, ECGD strengthened its own anti corruption
measures--pre-empting the OECD Export Credit Group's Action Statement on Bribery and Officially Supported Export Credits and
reflecting the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials.
Subjects
Contracts; Companies; Civil proceedings; Corruption; UK Export Finance; Water supply; Sole, Masupha
Date
19 September 2002
Reference
72919; 390 c143W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, on what date the ECGD obtained the judgement by Judge Cullinan in Lesotho in the bribery case against Masupha Sole; and how they obtained it.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, on what date the ECGD obtained the judgement by Judge Cullinan in Lesotho in the bribery case against Masupha Sole; and how they obtained it.
Asked by
John Austin
(Labour)
Answered by
Patricia Hewitt
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
18 July 2002
For answer on
19 September 2002
Answered on
19 September 2002
John Austin: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry on what date the ECGD obtained the judgment by Judge Cullinan in
Lesotho in the bribery case against Masupha Sole; and how they obtained it. [72580]
Ms Hewitt: ECGD received a copy of the Judgement on 3 July 2002. This was obtained by the British High Commission in Maseru from the
Secretary to Justice Cullinan
Subjects
Corruption; Exports; Export credit guarantees; UK Export Finance; Lesotho; Sole, Masupha
Date
19 September 2002
Reference
72580; 390 c161W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when and for what reason he decided to transfer 200 tonnes of plaice and sole to Belgium; and what consultations he held with the industry. - Inc figures.
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when and for what reason he decided to transfer 200 tonnes of plaice and sole to Belgium; and what consultations he held with the industry. - Inc figures.
Asked by
Austin Mitchell
(Labour)
Answered by
Elliot Morley
(Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
12 April 2000
For answer on
9 May 2000
Answered on
9 May 2000
Mr. Mitchell: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when and for what reason he decided to transfer 200 tonnes of
plaice and sole to Belgium; and what consultations he held with the industry. [119236]
Mr. Morley: A "Gentlemen's Agreement" has been reached with Belgium, Ireland and the Netherlands-- welcomed by the UK industry--on
the withdrawal of beam trawlers until 1 May from the northern part of the Irish sea closed to protect spawning cod. In the context
of arriving at that agreement, the UK undertook to transfer 190 tonnes of North Sea plaice and 5 tonnes of sole in ICES Areas VIId
and VIIfg to the Belgian authorities for them to allocate.
This transfer was in recognition of the goodwill shown by the Belgians, who have substantial flatfish quotas in the Irish sea, in
reaching agreement with us and of our on-going co-operation with them in matters of quota management including assistance with quota
transfer to ourselves. The transfer was not the subject of prior consultation with the industry but it came from stocks that were
underfished in 1999, particularly North sea plaice where the underfish exceeded 10,000 tonnes.
No British fisherman will suffer a reduction in fishing opportunities as a result of this arrangements. 50 tonnes of North sea sole
obtained through economic link license conditions has also been allocated to the inshore sector.
Subjects
Fisheries; Republic of Ireland; Netherlands; Belgium; Total allowable catches; Sole; Plaice
Date
9 May 2000
Reference
119236; 349 c376-7W
House
House of Commons