HC Deb 20 January 1971 vol 809 cc291-2W
Lieutenant-Colonel Colin Mitchell

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will give the known particulars of the numbers and the weight of salmon caught by inshore fishing and by drift-net fishing, respectively, off the coast of Greenland during the year 1970.

Mr. Gordon Campbell

This information is not yet available.

Lieutenant-Colonel Colin Mitchell

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the numbers of salmon smolts and salmon kelts, tagged in the United Kingdom, which are known to have been recaptured within Greenland territorial waters and by drift-netting on the high seas, respectively, in 1970; and whether he will give particulars of the rivers in which any of these fish were tagged.

Mr. Gordon Campbell

The numbers of tagged smolts so far known to have been recaptured at Greenland in 1970, and the rivers in which they were tagged, are shown below:

River of Origin Number recaptured at Greenland
A. Scotland Conon 3
Dee (Aberdeen) 7
Tay 6
B. England Axe 18
Exe 15
Ure 6
Total to date 55
These recaptures cannot be divided between coastal waters and high seas.

No reports have been received of the recapture at Greenland in 1970 of kelts tagged in the United Kingdom.