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Fish Species: Total Allowable Catch

Lord Jopling asked Her Majesty's Government:

Baroness Hayman: A table showing the TACs decided, together with the ICES advice, over the last 10 years is available in the Libraries of both Houses. For some stocks in some years, ICES did not advise a specific TAC but instead recommended appropriate levels of fishing effort. In these cases the figure for the recommended TAC shown in the table is that which our fisheries scientists have established as consistent with the ICES advice.

Lord Jopling asked Her Majesty's Government:

Baroness Hayman: The advice from ICES does not necessarily offer a single proposal for each TAC: a range of strategies is often possible. The Government's approach is to discuss the scientific advice and the Commission's proposals with representatives of the fishing industry and to adopt a negotiating line which takes a balanced approach in the light of both the representations from fisheries organisations and the scientific advice.

BSE

Lord Marlesford asked Her Majesty's Government:

Baroness Hayman: The following table shows the number of cases of BSE confirmed in Great Britain during each week of 2000, together with the moving annual total of cases reported for each 52-week period.

Week NumberNo. confirmed each week52 Week Total Reported
1332,957
2602,906
3132,874
4252,846
5132,818
6632,789
7562,754
8322,726
9332,688
10462,634
1172,632
12762,599
13412,578
14262,566
15252,537
16252,501
17262,487
18292,460
19302,431
20382,426
21262,408
22172,373
23222,338
24652,313
25262,290
26322,276
27212,262
28222,229
29302,206
30602,181
31152,165
32202,157
33212,130
34342,107
35192,090
3672,074
37402,051
38202,039
39252,022
40262,017
41502,025
42262,005
43262,000
44181,997
45311,975
46251,964
47241,946
48171,941
49361,923
50211,906
51231,882
5201,869

Note:

Week 1 is the week ending Friday 7 January 2000.

These figures are affected by a variable delay between slaughter and confirmation as a result of the various times required for laboratory diagnosis and administrative procedures. The time between slaughter and confirmation is, on average, six to eight weeks but may on occasion be considerably longer.


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Game Meat: Export from US

Lord Lucas asked Her Majesty's Government:

    What are the names and addresses of the six facilities licensed to export game meat from the United States to the United Kingdom.[HL271]

Baroness Hayman: Four rabbit meat and farmed game meat establishments and two wild game meat establishments in the USA are approved to export to the UK. They are as follows:


    Rabbit meat/farmed game meat


    Southern Wild Game/Intergame USA, Devine, Texas


    Diamond K Ranch Game Meats Inc, Ingram, Texas


    Wild Game meat


    Frontier Game Company, Whiteface, Texas


    Beltex Corporation, Fort Worth, Texas


    Southern Wild Game/Intergame USA, Devine, Texas


    North American Bison Cooperative, New Rockford, North Dakota

These are all EU approved establishments and further details are available on the European Commission's website at the following address where the product and the country may be selected from the lists shown: http://forum.europa.eu.int/irc/sanco/vets/info/data/listes/list all.html

BSE Testing

Lord Dubs asked Her Majesty's Government:

    Whether they will report what BSE testing is being undertaken in the United Kingdom during 2001.

Baroness Hayman: Following the reports of an increase in the number of cases of BSE in some other European countries, the European Union has asked member states to carry out a survey for the disease. Starting on 15 January, the brains of at least 6,500 cattle over 30 months old which die on farm or in transit, or which are killed on farm but are not eligible for the Over Thirty Months Scheme, will be tested for BSE during 2001 in Great Britain.

This is in addition to the testing carried out when clinical symptoms indicate the disease may be present in specific animals.



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