HC Deb 12 April 1887 vol 313 c703
COLONEL EYRE (Lincolnshire, Gainsborough)

asked the Secretary to the Board of Trade, Whether, in view of the great destruction of scale or coarse fish, caused by eel and other netting in the Lower Trent district, the Board of Trade would cause inquiry to be made as to the best method to be adopted to prevent this destruction, and thus preserve the sport of angling, now threatened with extinction, to the inhabitants of that district?

THE SECRETARY (Baron HENRY DE WORMS) (Liverpool, East Toxteth)

The Board of Trade have already directed the Inspector of Fisheries to inquire into the matter referred to by the hon. and gallant Gentleman.