§ Mr. MACPHERSONasked the Secretary for Scotland whether he has received information that six foreign trawlers were operating quite close to the shore at the Gallon Head, island of Lewis, last week; and whether, in view of the fact that similar complaints from the fishermen in the Highlands are now frequent, he will consider whether the time has arrived for more effective policing of the shores of the North of Scotland?
Mr. McKINNON WOODI have received information to the effect stated, and reports in the matter have been laid before the Procurator Fiscal. Some such instances are bound to occur under any system of policing a long coast line, and it would facilitate detection if complaints were reported to the Fishery Board, whose telegraphic address is "Fisheries, Edinburgh."