HC Deb 06 March 1968 vol 760 c107W
Mr. Wingfield Digby

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is his latest information on the numbers of migratory fish passing his Department's trap on the River Axe and those refusing to enter it.

Mr. Hoy

In 1967, 382 salmon and 4,303 sea trout were counted through the trap. Figures for the previous seven years are:—

Salmon Sea-trout
1960 258 2,938
1961 335 3,121
1962 248 2,443
1963 480 2,592
1964 387 2,818
1965 239 2,566
1966 302 3,145

My Department has no evidence fish refusing to enter the trap.