date:Jul 13, 2012
alling by around 2,600. The number of days spent at sea by over 10 metre vessels has fallen by 42 per cent over the same period.
The statistics are being released in advance of the compendium publication UK Sea Fisheries Statistics 2011 in late September in a drive to provide data to the public as soon as statistics are available. A further report on UK catches and landings will also be issued in late August.
In 2011:
The UK fishing fleet remained the sixth largest in the EU in terms of vess