Apologies for absence were received from:

Mr John Munro

Mrs Cathy Peattie Mr Mike Rumbles

The meeting opened at 3.34pm.

Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning: The Committee agreed that consideration of this would be taken in private. The Committee considered a draft report "Impact of Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning on the Fisheries Sector" (RA/99/R/2) and agreed pages 1 to 14 as then amended.

The committee then agreed to continue consideration of the draft summary of recommendations in private at its next meeting.

The meeting closed at 5.00 pm.