HC Deb 27 February 1934 vol 286 cc909-10
4. Captain JAMES MacANDREW

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the percentage of the herring recently caught in the Clyde that have been sold for export and to what countries they have been sold?

Mr. SKELTON

Of approximately 100,000 crans of herring taken in the Clyde area between the beginning of October and the middle of this month about 50 per cent. has been exported fresh. Apart from a small quantity sent to Holland, this export was entirely to Germany. About 9,000 crans have been cured. I am unable to say how much of this quantity has been sold, but I understand that foreign markets are expected to account for 7,000 crans, representing 7 per cent. of the total catch.