MR. CATHCART WASONI beg to ask the Secretary for Scotland if he will recommend the Treasury to hand over the "Goldseeker," which is admirably suited for the purpose as an extra fishery cruiser, to the Scottish Fishery Board; and whether in view of the fact that the Shetland waters are now the principal hunting grounds of poaching trawlers, and that fishing is practically the only industry and employment the islands afford, special precautions will be taken in that quarter.
§ MR. SINCLAIRI am not in a position to make any statement in reference to the "Goldseeker" which is now employed in scientific investigations. One of the fishery cruisers has been exclusively employed in the Shetland waters for a considerable time and has been successful in obtaining convictions for illegal trawling. These waters have had their full share in the services of the fishery cruisers.