§ Mr. Russell Johnstonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many of the 332 cases brought against trawlers fishing illegally within the three-mile limit in each of the last 10 years have resulted in conviction; and what were the fines imposed.
§ Mr. YoungerThe total of 332 cases related to the period from 1971 to 1981 inclusive. Of these cases, a total of 299 resulted in conviction. A fine was not imposed in the case of every conviction: disposals in the other cases included absolute discharge, admonition, forfeiture of the net used in the commission of the offence and, in one case, imprisonment. It is not possible without an excessive amount of effort to list separately each individual fine. The following table gives the number of cases brought in each year since 1971—column 1—the number of convictions—column 2—the number of cases where fines were imposed—column 3—and the range of fines imposed—column 4.
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year column1 column2 column3 column4 Number of Number of Number of Range of cases conviction cases where fines im- brought fine im- posed posed £ 1971 19 19 18 5–100 1972 49 45 39 5–200 1973 45 37 32 10–200 1974 34 34 30 10–100 1975 25 25 24 20–125 1976 52 51 43 30–200 1977 29 25 25 10–150 1978 13 11 11 25–150 1979 20 14 14 20–125 1980 24 19 17 20–100 1981 22 19 14 10–100