HC Deb 26 April 1971 vol 816 cc47-8W
Lieut-Colonel Colin Mitchell

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he can give the catch of salmon by licensed drift netting off the northeast coast of England; and the extent to which it has increased over the last five years.

Mr. Prior

It is not possible to give the precise catch by drift nets because the licences issued by the river authorities allow the use of various forms of nets. The total catches of salmon and grilse by licensed nets in the sea off the areas of the Northumbrian and Yorkshire Ouse and Hull River Authorities in the last five years were:

Salmon and Grilse (to nearest thousand)
'000
1966 16
1967 28
1968 27
1969 53
1970 99*
* provisional.