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Fish Products: Russia

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Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

UIN 208737, tabled on 9 September 2014

Question

Ms Margaret Ritchie
Social Democratic & Labour Party
South Down
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of Russia's ban on EU fish products on the pelagic industry in Northern Ireland.

Answer

George Eustice
Conservative
Camborne and Redruth
Commons

Answered on

13 October 2014

Official data shows that there were no exports of fish and fish products from Northern Ireland to the Russian Federation in the whole of 2013, or the first quarter of 2014. Direct impacts from the Russian ban are therefore likely to be limited. There are concerns, however, that the loss of the Russian market, combined with an increase in quota for mackerel this year, is leading to a reduction in prices received by fishermen. We are working with industry, the Devolved Administrations and the European Commission on a number of measures to mitigate any negative impacts.

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