§ CAPTAIN WARING (Banffshire)I beg to ask the Secretary for Scotland how many cases of illegal trawling in the Moray Firth were reported to the 1427 Fishery Board during the months of December and January last; and whether cases of British trawlers flying a foreign flag were reported.
§ THE SECRETARY FOR SCOTLAND (Mr. Sinclair,) ForfarshireSixteen trawlers were detected on forty-four different occasions in the Moray Firth in December and January. Some of these are understood to be owned or managed by persons or companies having their places of business at a British port.