HC Deb 22 May 1972 vol 837 c300W
Mr. Donald Stewart

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will report on the present position of negotiations with the Danish Government regarding the trawling of salmon in the open sea.

Mr. Gordon Campbell

Negotiations are conducted through the International Commission for the North West Atlantic Fisheries, where the subject will be discussed at the end of this month, and the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission. The North East Commission at its meeting in London earlier this month, which I opened, agreed to recommend the closing of an area around Iceland in addition to the continuation of the current restrictions within the Commission's area.