Lieut-Colonel Colin Mitchellasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he can give the catch of salmon 48W by licensed drift netting off the northeast coast of England; and the extent to which it has increased over the last five years.
§ Mr. PriorIt is not possible to give the precise catch by drift nets because the licences issued by the river authorities allow the use of various forms of nets. The total catches of salmon and grilse by licensed nets in the sea off the areas of the Northumbrian and Yorkshire Ouse and Hull River Authorities in the last five years were:
Salmon and Grilse (to nearest thousand) '000 1966 … … … 16 1967 … … … 28 1968 … … … 27 1969 … … … 53 1970 … … … 99* * provisional.