asked the Taoiseach if he will state in respect of the latest year for which figures are available the State's (a) exports and (b) imports of fish and fish products in (i) quantity and (ii) value.
Written Answers. - Fishing Industry.
223.
During the year 1969 exports of fish and fish preparations totalled 630,272 cwts, value £3,557,527, while imports amounted to 161,446 cwts, value £2,373,706.
224.
asked the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries if he will state in respect of the latest year for which figures are available the State's catches of fish in (i) quantity and (ii) value.
The figures for sea-fish are as follows in respect of the twelve months ended 31st October, 1969:—
|
Variety |
Quantity |
Value |
|
Demersal |
296,862 cwt. |
£1,230,863 |
|
Pelagic |
589,430 cwt. |
£680,074 |
|
Total wet-fish |
886,292 cwt. |
£1,910,937 |
|
Shellfish |
(Recorded partly by weight and partly by numbers) |
£871,770 |
|
Total all fish |
— |
£2,782,707 |
These figures do not include salmon (whether caught at sea or elsewhere) and other freshwater fish, statistics of the catches of which are collected on a calendar year basis. For the year 1968 the figures were:—
|
Variety |
Quantity |
Value |
|
Salmon |
24,127 cwt. |
£699,428 |
|
Sea Trout |
1,113 cwt. |
£22,982 |
|
Eels |
2,808 cwt. |
£67,144 |
|
Total freshwater fish |
28,048 cwt. |
£789,554 |