These studies which cover herring, cod, whiting, plaice and certain other species will continue.
The landings allowances now in force for haddock and whiting were set taking account of the total allowable catches recommended for 1980.
The latter will help to protect valuable stocks of immature white fish, particularly haddock and whiting, which are otherwise at risk.
Most fish (including haddock and whiting) tend to be herded to the mouth of the net.
The processors in my constituency are afraid that if the cod fishing grounds are closed they will not have access to the haddock and whiting.
The by-catch of haddock, whiting and saithe was 57,000 tonnes.
Once again, we have the threat of complete closure of haddock, whiting, prawn and other fisheries related to cod allegedly.
On research, we need to look seriously at the interaction of cod and other commercial fish species such as haddock and whiting.
