Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 30 Oct 1974

Vol. 275 No. 4

Written Answers. - Fishing Season Prices.

214.

Mr. Gallagher

asked the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries the guide and withdrawal prices operating in Ireland for the 1974 fishing season.

Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries (Mr. Clinton)

The reply to the Deputy's question is in the form of a tabular statement which I propose with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle to have circulated in the Official Report. Following is the statement:

I. Guide Prices for Irish Fish.

Species	Category of Freshness	Size	Presentation	Price per cwt.
1 Jan.-Oct., 1974	7 Oct.6-31 Dec., 1974
Cod	B	2	Gutted, with head
	or			£9.04	£10.54
	A	3	,,,,,,
Saithe (Black Pollock or Coley)	B	2	Gutted, with head
			£5.09	£5.94
	A	3	,,,,,,
Haddock	A	2	Whole fish
	or
	A	3	Gutted, with head	£6.46	£7.53
Whiting	A	2	Gutted, with head	£7.39	£8.62
Mackerel	Extra or	2	Whole fish
				£4.69	£5.48
	A	2	Whole fish in original boxes
Herring	A	1	Whole fish	£4.60	£5.37
Plaice	A	3	Gutted, with head	£8.10	£9.44

II. Withdrawal Prices for Irish Fish

Spectes	Marketing Characteristics	Price per cwt.
Category of Freshness	Size	Presentation	1st Jan.- Oct. 1974	7th Oct.-6th 31st Dec. 1974
Cod	Extra, A,	1, 2, 3	Gutted, with head
	B			£6.01	£7.00
	Extra, A	1, 2, 3	Whole fish
	Extra, A	4	Gutted, with head
				£4.32	£5.06
	B	1, 2, 3	Whole fish
	Extra, A	5	Gutted with head
	B	4	,, ,, ,,	£3.97	£4.64
	Extra, A	4	Whole fish
	B	5	Gutted, with head
	Extra, A	5	Whole fish
	B	4, 5	,, ,,	£2.89	£3.37
	All categories	All sizes	other
Saithe (Black Pollock or Coley)	Extra, A,
B	1, 2, 3	Gutted, with head
			£3.66	£4.28
	Extra, A	1, 2, 3	Whole fish
	Extra, A	4	Gutted, with head
				£3.05	£3.56
	B	1, 2, 3	Whole fish
	B	4	Gutted, with head
	Extra, A,
	B	4	Whole fish	£2.23	£2.61
	All categories	All sizes	Other
Haddock	Extra, A	1, 2	Whole fish
	Extra, A,			£3.87	£4.52
	B	1, 2, 3	Gutted, with head
	Extra, A	4	Gutted, with head	£3.38	£3.95
	B	4	Gutted, with head
	Extra, A	3, 4	Whole fish
	B	1, 2, 3, 4	,, ,, ,,	£2.42	£2.82
	All categories	All sizes	Other
Whiting	Extra, A,
	B	1, 2	Gutted, with head
	Extra, A	3	,, ,, ,,	£3.97	£4.65
	Extra, A	1, 2	Whole fish
	B	3	Gutted, with head
				£3.61	£4.20
	Extra, A	3	Whole fish
	Extra, A	4	Gutted, with head
	B	1, 2, 3	Whole fish	£3.05	£3.55
	Extra, A,	4	,, ,,
	B	4	Gutted, with head
	B	4	Whole fish
	All categories	All sizes	Other	£2.23	£2.58
Mackerel	Extra	1, 2, 3	Whole fish
	A	1, 2, 3	Whole fish in original boxes
				£2.58	£3.01
	A	1, 2	Whole fish
	B	1	,, ,,
	B	2	Whole fish
				£2.28	£2.65
	A	3	,, ,,
	B	3	Whole fish
	Extra	4	,, ,,
	A	4	Whole fish in original boxes	£2.11	£2.48
	A, B	4	Whole fish
	All categories	All sizes	Other	£1.67	£1.95
Herring Landed in coastal region south of a line from Loop Head to Wicklow Head	All categories	1	Whole fish	£2.58	£3.00
All categories	2	Whole fish	£2.42	£2.83
All categories	3	Whole fish
			£2.14	£2.47
,,	All sizes	Other
Herring Landed in coastal regions north of a line from Loop Head to Wicklow Head	All categories	1	Whole fish	£1.69	£1.97
All categories	2	Whole fish	£1.57	£1.85
All categories	3	Whole fish
			£1.38	£1.62
,,	All sizes	Other
Plaice	Extra, A,
	B	1, 2, 3	Gutted, with head	£5.30	£6.20
	Extra, A	4	Gutted, with head	£4.58	£5.34
	B	4	Gutted, with head
	Extra, A,
	B	1, 2, 3, 4	Whole fish	£3.91	£4.57
	All categories	All sizes	Other