Dr. Emmet Jackson:

As Ms Bocquel mentioned, as part of the daily collection framework in the reporting to the EU, we report on vessel numbers. The current programme goes back to 2008 and previously it went back to 2002. We are not responsible for a complete register - that is with our parent Department - but we do track those. Currently, as the Deputy is probably well aware, 88% of the fleet is made up of vessels under 12 m, and about 66% of those are active. We keep a very close eye on the vessel numbers.