HC Deb 14 December 1993 vol 234 cc601-2W
Mr. William Ross

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many persons are employed in angling-related occupations, including those employed in the manufacture and sale of angling equipment, hotels, river keepers, gillies and persons involved in sea angling; how many(a) salmon and grilse, (b) sea trout, (c) brown and rainbow trout, (d) coarse fish and (e) sea fish were taken by anglers in each of the last three years for which figures are available; and what is his estimate of the latest value of such items to the Scottish economy.

Sir Hector Monro

[holding answer 9 December 1993]: The only statistics collected by my Department on these subjects relate to salmon and grilse, and sea trout. The rod and line catches over the last three years are as follows:

Surpluses on DLO/DSO activity in 1990–91
Local authority New construction >£50,000 New construction <£50,000 Building maintenance General highways work General water and sewerage work Refuse collection1 Building cleaning Other cleaning1 School and welfare catering Other catering Ground maintenance Vehicle maintenance Leisure services management
Aberdeen DC 966,479 144,863 12,571 3,877 745,816 3,211
Angus DC 61,269 41,694 172,187 33,578
Annandale and Eskdale DC 35,704 10,247 5,996
Argyll and Bute DC -81,000 4,000 24,000 6,000 6,000
Badenoch and Strathspey DC 21,805 23,888
Banff and Buchan DC 40,570 10,730 35,016 10,985
Bearsden and Milngavie DC 8,501 16,184
Berwickshire DC 10,050 42,652 42,652
Borders RC 616,000 81,000 7,000 15,000
Caithness DC 20,611 79,041 90,856
Central RC -32,574 95,238 224,923 -3,332 150,839 -17,156 12,741
Clackmannan DC 97,000 1,000 4,000 1,000 12,000 11,000
Clydebank DC 95,718
Clydesdale DC -37,555 13,585 116,549
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth DC 36,686 50,656 14,020 -38,495
Cumnock and Doon Valley DC 40,059 38,418 18,473 3,659
Cunningham DC 49,000 17,850 402 13,248 3,870
Dumbarton DC 327,855 75,098 -7,299 34,442
Dumfries and Galloway RC -50,075 -408,666 47,000 23,000 48,000
Dundee DC 12,116 108,901 206,961 2,669 366,147
Dunfermline DC 214,631 413,462 100,458
East Kilbride DC 73,749 84,529 20,661
East Lothian DC 89,923 -3 96,813 33,574
Eastwood DC 18,413 84,563 64,265 14,058

Salmon and Grilse Sea trout
1990 71,646 27,830
1991 62,450 27,500
1992 82,897 34,315

An independent consultancy report prepared for the Scottish Tourist Board and the Highland and Islands Development Board in 1989 estimated that salmon angling and netting contributed £53 million to the Scottish economy annually and supported 3,800 full-time equivalent jobs.

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