§ Mr. PARTINGTONasked the Lord Advocate whether he will state the total catch of fish landed in this country by foreign trawlers which have been observed trawling in the Moray Firth during the years 1900–1908?
§ Mr. UREThe figures required by my hon. Friend are as follows:—
Year Cwts. 1900 … … … 6,600 1901 … … … 7,308 1902 … … … 12,145 1903 … … … 11,165 1904 … … … 18,094 1905 … … … 24,018 1906 … … … 11,757 1907 … … … 10,525 1908 … … … 19,021 Total … … … 120,633 but, as I have already pointed out, any information at my disposal relates only to fish landed by foreign trawlers which have been observed trawling in the Moray Firth, and would, therefore, be no true index to the total catch landed at English ports by foreign trawlers.