§ Mr. Ted Rowlands (Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney)I beg to present a petition that was begun and promoted by the Welsh Salmon and Trout Angling Association. It is supported by clubs and anglers from Llandysul to London, from Bath to Bangor, from Merthyr to Manchester and from Dyfed to Dunoon. More than 18,600 signatures have been collected.
The petitioners applaud the introduction of the Salmon Bill but fear that, unless further measures are taken to control illegal fishing, salmon stocks in Welsh rivers will continue to decline.
The petition states:
Wherefore your Petitioners pray that … the Standing Advisory Committee … be directed to examine and recommend … the necessity or otherwise of providing for the individual identification of salmon as an aid to combating illegal fishing.And your Petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray.
§ To lie upon the Table.