Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 21 April 2017.
Melanie Onn
Labour, Great Grimsby
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2016 to Question 48853, what proportion of the total fishing trips were accompanied by a fisheries observer in (a) 2013, (b) 2014 and (c) 2015.
George Eustice
The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The proportion of fishing trips by UK vessels that were accompanied by an observer in the period from 2013 to 2015 is provided in the table below:
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | |
Observed trips | 610 | 755 | 595 |
Total trips | 228,359 | 228,413 | 222,015 |
% observed trips | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% |
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No0 people think not
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