HC Deb 29 March 1909 vol 3 c152W
Mr. PARTINGTON

asked 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. URE

The 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.