Salmon Fishing

HC Deb 14 May 1969 vol 783 cc216-7W

50. Sir T. Beamish

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will propose to the next meeting of the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission a 10-year ban on salmon fishing on the high seas of the North Atlantic.

Mr. Hoy

At the recent meeting of the Commission the United Kingdom delegation proposed that the high seas fishery for salmon in the North-East Atlantic should be prohibited. The Commission decided by a majority to recommend such a ban within its area.

51. Sir T. Beamish

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will seek the agreement of the United States and Canadian Governments to the complete suspension of salmon fishing on the high seas of the North Atlantic Ocean for a period of 10 years.

Mr. Hoy

We are in close contact with both those countries in working, within the international fisheries commissions concerned, for a prohibition on the North Atlantic high seas fishery for salmon.