HC Deb 17 November 1983 vol 48 cc550-1W
Rev. Ian Paisley

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many prosecutions have been brought by the Department of Agriculture against traders selling illegally caught wild fish in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.

Mr. Butler

Legal proceedings for the enforcement of statutory provisions with respect to salmon and inland fisheries is a matter for either the Fisheries Conservancy Board for Northern Ireland or the Foyle Fisheries Commission. Prosecutions brought against traders selling illegally caught wild fish by the Fisheries Conservancy Board and in the Northern Ireland sector of the Foyle area—the Londonderry area—are as follows:

Year Fisheries Conservancy Board area Londonderry area
1978 2 3
1979
1980
1981 1 1
1982 1