§ Mr. Atkinsonasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list in the OFFICIAL REPORT the number of fishery representatives serving each river authority where no salmon exist: and the number of licences issued by each authority.
§ Mr. Anthony StodartThe information for 1971, the latest period for which published details of licences are available, is as follows:
tives serving each river authority where salmon fishing exists; and the number of licences issued by each authority.
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§ Mr. Anthony StodartThe information for 1971, the latest period for which pub-
MEMBERSHIP OF RIVER AUTHORITIES AND LICENCES ISSUED IN CALENDAR YEAR 1971 River Authority No. of Fishery Members Salmon and Migratory Trout Freshwater Fish Non-Migratory Trout Total Avon and Dorset … 3 481 24,127 2,578 27,186 Cornwall … 3 1,819 — 8,919 10,738 Cumberland … 3 3,817 — 13,984 17,801 Dee and Clwyd … 3 1,502 11,564 10,527 23,593 Devon … 3 4,605 — 4,650 9,255 East Suffolk and Norfolk … 2 115 77,041* — 77,156 Glamorgan … 2 197 6,117 5,591 11,905 Gwynedd … 4 6,608 — 15,744 22,352 Hampshire … 3 31 1 860 892 Lancashire … 3 7,554 15,559 19,295 42,408 Northumbrian … 3 4,601 25,575 21,346 51,522 Severn … 3 1,549 144,638 1 146,188 Somerset … 2 3 19,734 2,707 22,444 South West Wales … 4 14,584 — 388 14,972 Sussex … 2 580 27,366 3,111 31,057 Trent … 2 28,268† 146,191 — 174,459 Usk … 3 837 — 6,799 7,636 Wye … 3 3,304 18,607 17,860 39,771 Yorkshire … 3 461 109,787 — 110,248 *Combined freshwater and trout licences. †Combined salmon, trout and freshwater licence.