§ COLONEL NOLANasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, If his attention has been directed to that portion of the Report of the Royal Commission on Trawling which states that in-shore fishermen and fishing may be sometimes injured by trawling; if he is aware that trawling is prohibited in Dublin Bay, but has lately been allowed in Galway Bay; is he aware that the Galway fishermen are opposed to trawling; and, will he take steps to renew the former prohibition in Galway Bay?
§ MR. CAMPBELL-BANNERMANI explained to the hon. and gallant Member in November last the circumstances in which, after a series of inquiries and experiments carried on for four years, it was decided in 1877 to allow trawling in Galway Bay. The Inspectors of Fisheries inform me that they have not since seen any reason to alter the decision then arrived at. I have not yet seen the Report of the 862 Royal Commission on Trawling, which I understand has not yet been distributed. If the hon. and gallant Member desires it, I shall be happy to lay on the Table a copy of the Reports which led up to the result I have mentioned in 1877.