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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Fisheries Division: Committee of Inquiry...

Catalogue reference: MAF 382

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MAF 382

Records of the Fishing Industry Committee, including minutes of meetings, evidence submitted by the fishing industry and related bodies and the committee's report.

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Reference

MAF 382

Title
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Fisheries Division: Committee of Inquiry into the Fishing Industry (Fleck Committee) Registered Files (FIC Series)
Date

1957-1961

Description

Records of the Fishing Industry Committee, including minutes of meetings, evidence submitted by the fishing industry and related bodies and the committee's report.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

FIC file series

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Fisheries Division, Committee of Inquiry into the Fishing Industry, 1957-1961
Physical description

43 file(s)

Access conditions

Open

Accumulation dates

1957 to 1961

Administrative / biographical background

The terms of reference of the Committee of Inquiry into the Fishing Industry were to assess, in relation to developments in fishing and the marketing of fish, the size and pattern, and implications, of an economic fishing industry in the UK. Its chairman was Sir Alexander Fleck, and its joint secretaries were Miss M E Vince (Fisheries Department, MAFF) and I L Sharp (Fisheries Division, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland). The report was published as Cmnd 1266 in 1961.

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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10782/

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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Fisheries Division: Committee of Inquiry into the Fishing Industry (Fleck Committee) Registered Files (FIC Series)