HC Deb 02 March 1973 vol 851 cc448-9W
Mr. Atkinson

asked 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 Stodart

The 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.

Mr. Anthony Stodart

The 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.

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