Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many pollack were sampled by his Department for (a) length and (b) sex in International Centre for the Exploration of the Seas area (i) VI and (ii) VII in 2019.

Data is provided only for International Centre for the Exploration of the Seas Area VII. My department has not sampled pollack from Area VI.

a) In 2019, 6709 pollack length measurements were made by Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science.

b) It is not possible to provide data on sex as fish are gutted when sampled in markets and examination of gonads is required to accurately determine sex.