Mr. LEICESTER HARMSWORTHasked the Secretary for Scotland if he is able to state the places of origin of the trawlers convicted of illegal trawling in the Moray Firth since the 15th April, 1912?
Mr. McKINNON WOODThe nationalities of the trawlers convicted of illegal trawling in the Moray Firth since 15th April, 1912, are as follows: British, 9 1489W (whereof 7 registered at Aberdeen, 1 at Glasgow, and 1 at Grimbsy); Norweigan, 4; Danish, 1 (on two occasions); Swedish, 1; German, 1.
Mr. LEICESTER HARMSWORTHasked the Secretary for Scotland whether he has any reliable information to the effect that prize-firing in the Moray Firth and elsewhere is having the effect of causing the fish to leave these waters?
Mr. McKINNON WOODThe Fishery Board for Scotland have no information that gun-firing in the Moray Firth or elsewhere is having the effect suggested. I may add that the matter was the subject of inquiry by the Board in 1908, and that the information then obtained did not support the theory.