Written answers
Tuesday, 25 May 2004
Department of An Taoiseach
Fishery Production
7:00 pm
Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 74: To ask the Taoiseach if he will give details of the volume and value of the fishery catch and of fish production in each year since 1998. [15702/04]
Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The most recent CSO estimates of fishery production, which are largely based on data supplied by the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, are in respect of 2002. The figures for the years 1998 to 2002 are set out in the following two tables.
| Table 1. Fish Production (value: million euro). | ||||
| Year | Sea landings | Aquaculture | Inland | Total Production |
| 1998 | 192.3 | 77.2 | 6.2 | 275.7 |
| 1999 | 189.5 | 86.0 | 5.1 | 280.6 |
| 2000 | 189.0 | 95.4 | 6.1 | 290.5 |
| 2001 | 253.6 | 107.1 | 6.0 | 366.7 |
| 2002 | 209.9 | 117.4 | 5.5 | 332.8 |
| Table 2. Fish Production (weight: tonnes). | ||||
| Year | Sea landings1 | Aquaculture | Inland | Total Production |
| 1998 | 320,163 | 39,980 | 895 | 361,038 |
| 1999 | 279,230 | 43,856 | 775 | 323,861 |
| 2000 | 272,875 | 51,247 | 881 | 325,003 |
| 2001 | 298,521 | 60,935 | 900 | 360,356 |
| 2002 | 245,165 | 62,686 | 789 | 308,640 |
| 1Tonnes live weight | ||||
| Note: (1) Sea fish landings by foreign boats into Irish ports are not included. |
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