Lieut.-Colonel Colin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will disclose the place and date of recaptures of grilse and adult salmon from smolts tagged in the Girnock Burn, a tributary of the Aberdeenshire Dee, over the last seven years.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellSmolts were first tagged at the Girnock Burn in 1967. Information about recaptures from smolts tagged then and in subsequent years is contained in the following table:
RECAPTURES OF FISH TAGGED AS SMOLTS AT THE GIRNOCK BURN Year of Tagging Number Tagged Year of Recapture Number and Place of Recapture 1967 2,058 1968 2—Girnock Trap 5—Scottish Coast between Rossie and South Don 10—Greenland 1969 9—Girnock Trap 4—River Dee 3—North Esk District 1—River Deveron 1970 1—Girnock Trap 1—River Spey 1968 1,440 1969 1—River Dee 1—North Esk District 3—Greenland 1970 6—Girnock Trap 1—River Dee 1—River Spey 1—North Esk District 1—Greenland 1970 1969 2,734 1970 5?Girnock Trap 4—North Esk District 7—Greenland