§ 94. Sir J. Gilmourasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what fall or increase there has been in each month of this year in the landings of fish by weight in Scottish ports.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellThe information is contained in the following table. Total landings vary from month to month but up to the end of September, the total weight of all fish landed by British vessels was some 52,000 cwt. more than in the corresponding period last year.
TOTAL OF ALL FISH LANDED BY BRITISH VESSELS IN SCOTLAND DURING THE PERIOD JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER, 1971 AND 1972 (BY WEIGHT) Increase or decrease over Month 1971 Cwt.
1972 Cwt.
1971 Cwt.
January 857,637 949,258 + 91,621 February 795,243 941,043 + 145,800 March 697,571 701,213 + 3,642 April 564,768 497,186 - 67,582 May 550,647 561,785 + 11,138 June 743,484 693,911 - 49,573 July 730,045 684,443 - 45,602 August 781,701 759,835 - 21,866 September 684,545 669,324 - 15,221