§ Mr. N. McLeanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many crans of herring were landed at Mallaig Harbour during 1959 and in 1960 to date; what was their value; and how this compares with the five previous years.
§ Mr. MaclayThe information is given in the table below:
Year Crans £ 1954 56,065 136,061 1955 49,781 153,062 1956 49,512 160,703 1957 31,631 114,654 1958 43,230 171,398 1959 53,348 192,549 1960 (to 23rd April) 11,586 40,354
§ Mr. N. McLeanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the weight and the value of lobsters and other shell fish landed at Mallaig during 1959 and in 1960 to date; and how this compares with the previous five years.
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§ Mr. MaclayThe information is given in the following table:
— Lobsters Other Shell Fish Total cwts. £ cwts. £ cwts. £ 1954 … 1,351 28,222 3,494 11,639 4,845 39,861 1955 … 1,483 27,458 3,614 9,634 5,097 37,092 1956 … 1,792 37,445 1,199 3,088 2,991 40,533 1957 … 1,861 41,425 12 28 1,873 41,453 1958 … 1,563 39,768 758 1,779 2,321 41,547 1959 … 1,263 35,848 957 3,142 2,220 38,990 1960—January-March … 38 1,933 42 416 80 2,349
§ Mr. N. McLeanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the average weekly number of fishing vessels using Mallaig Harbour for landing fish and shell fish during 1959 and in 1960 to date; and how this compares with the five previous years.
§ Mr. MaclayThe average weekly number of fishing vessels using Mallaig harbour for landing fish and shell fish in recent years is set out below.
AVERAGE WEEKLY NUMBER OF VESSELS USING MALLAIG HARBOUR — Herring Vessels White Fish Vessels Shell Fish Vessels Total 1954 20 6 7 33 1955 19 8 7 34 1956 20 6 7 33 1957 14 8 7 29 1958 20 7 8 35 1959 21 7 8 36 1960 (to 30th April) 11 9 7 27
§ Mr. N. McLeanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the weekly average number of fish lorries operating on the Mallaig Road during 1959 and this year to date.
§ Mr. MaclayAccording to my information the average weekly number of journeys made by fish lorries out of Mallaig was nine in 1959 and eight in the first four months of this year but there are of course considerable seasonal fluctuations in this traffic.