Geoffrey Cox – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Geoffrey Cox on 2016-02-03.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of trends in the overall size of the under-10 metres fishing fleet in (a) England, (b) the South West of England and (c) Devon.
George Eustice
The Department publishes details on the structure of the UK fishing fleet, including vessels of 10 metres and under, annually in the UK Sea Fisheries Statistics. Data on the change in number of vessels and engine size from 2010 to 2014 is shown in the table below.
|
England |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
|
No. of Vessels |
2569 |
2573 |
2562 |
2602 |
2573 |
|
Engine power (kW) |
141524 |
141164 |
141855 |
144863 |
144045 |
|
South West* |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
|
No. of Vessels |
982 |
994 |
982 |
1004 |
1002 |
|
Engine power (kW) |
49914 |
49925 |
49262 |
51073 |
51256 |
|
Devon** |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
|
No. of Vessels |
438 |
447 |
446 |
473 |
465 |
|
Engine power (kW) |
27836 |
27835 |
27854 |
29651 |
29289 |
*using the administration ports of Brixham, Newlyn and Plymouth
**using the administration ports of Brixham and Plymouth
