§ Sir John Gilmourasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what information he has about the size of the catch of salmon in Greenland waters in 1975; what was the relationship of this to the quota; what estimate he has made of the effect of the catch on stocks of Scottish salmon; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Hugh D. BrownProvisional 1975 Greenland catch figures presented to the International Commission for the North West Atlantic Fisheries at its meeting in June 1976 were as follows:
Tonnes Local Greenland fishermen 1,194 Danish mainland and Faroese boats 641 Norwegians 217 Others Nil The Greenlanders are now keeping very near to their quota of 1,191 tonnes. Other nationals have taken less than their aggregate quotas as provided for the phasing-out period under the 1972 agreement.
It is not possible to establish a meaningful correlation between the level of the Greenland catch in a particular year and the subsequent year's Scottish catch.