Inland and Coastal Fisheries (Hansard, 21 January 1983)

§ Mr. Buchanan-Smith

We have completed our consultations on the review of inland and coastal fisheries in England and Wales. The organisations which responded to our consultation paper are as follows:

Amble Seine Net and Keel Boat Association.
Annan Fishermens Association.
Aquacultural Insurance Service Ltd.
Aquarists' Rendezvous.
Association of County Councils.
Association of Scottish District Salmon Fishery Boards.
Association of Sea Fisheries Committees of England and Wales.
Atlantic Salmon Trust.
Bedworth Ex-Servicemen's Social Club and Institute.
Bishop Auckland and District Angling Club.
Blair, Cadell and MacMillan.
Blyth Federation of Inshore Fishermen.
British Ecological Society
British Field Sports Society.
British Koi-Keepers' Society
British Transport Docks Board, Southampton.
British Veterinary Association.
Burnham-On-Sea Boat Owners Association.
Commercial Fisheries Association.
Cornwall Sea Fisheries Committee.
Council for Environmental Conservation.
Country Landowners Association.
Cromer Inshore Angling Club.
Cumbria Sea Fisheries Committee.
D and M Tropicals.
Darent Valley Anglers Consultative Association.
Darlington Brown Trout Angling Association.
Dart Fisheries Preservation Society.
Dartford Ramblers Sea Anglers' Association.
Devon Avon Riparian and Fishery Owners' Association.
Devon Sea Fisheries Committee.
Dorset and Avon FAC.
Dover District Council.
Eagle and Child Sea Angling Club.
Eastern Sea Fisheries Joint Committee.
Eel Producers Association.
Fisheries Angling Club, West Hyde.
Fisheries Organisation Society Ltd.
Gosport Cruising Club.
Great Ouse Fishery Consultative Association.
Hayes and Harlington Angling Society.
Hornsea Sea Angling Club.
Institute of Fisheries Management.
Lancashire and Western Sea Fisheries Joint Committee.
Liskeard and District Angling Club.
Lowestoft Small Boats Association.
Lyn Riparian Owners' Association.
Metropolitan Police Angling Society.
Morecambe Bay Angling Club.
Mudeford and District Fishermen's Association Ltd.
National Anglers' Council.
National Farmers' Union.
National Federation of Anglers.
National Federation of Fishermen's Organisations.
National Water Council.
Nature Conservancy Council.
North Eastern Sea Fisheries Committee.
North West Association of Sea Angling Clubs.
Northern Federation of Sea Angling Societies.
Northumbrian Water Authority.
North West Water Authority.
Nottingham Piscatorial Society.
Nuffield Foundation.
Ornamental Fish International Wholesalers Organisation.
Pet Fish Distributors Association of Great Britain.
Pet Trade Association Ltd.
Pike Anglers of Great Britain.
Plymouth Fishermens Protection Society.
Polytechnic of Central London.
Port of London Authority.
Preston Park Angling Club.
Redcar Fishermans Society.
River Exe Riparian Owners Association.
River Eden and District Fisheries Association.
Rivers Taw and Torridge Riparian Owners and Fishermens Associations.
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.
Salmon Net Fishing Association.
Salmon and Trout Association.
Scarborough and Bridlington Fish Producers' Organisation Ltd.
Scottish Landowners' Federation.
Scottish Salmon Angling Federation.
Sea Anglers Royal Naval Association.
Shellfish Association of Great Britain.
South West Water Authority.
Severn Fisheries Consultative Council.
South and West Cumberland Fisheries Association.
Sussex Anglers Consultative Association.
Tamar and Tributaries Fisheries Association.
Teign Fishermen and Watermen's Association.
Test and Itchen Fishing Association Ltd.
Tri-Lakes Ltd.
Underwater Conservation Society.
Upper Itchen Valley Society.
Wadebridge and District Angling Association.
Whitby Coblemens Association.
World Wildlife Fund.
Wye Salmon Fishery Owners Association.
Yorkshire Fisheries Consultative Association
Yorkshire Salmon Netsmans' Association.
Yorkshire Water Authority.
Wear and Tees Salmon and Trout Netsmens Association.
Welsh Water Authority.

I am now considering the recommendations that have been put to me.

The salmon sales group was set up, as a result of discussions on our consultation paper, by the National Water Council in conjunction with other interested organisations. As I informed the right hon. Member in my reply of 21 December 1982—[Vol. 34, c. 457]—the salmon sales group is likely to report in the middle of this year. I shall await its report before taking decisions on measures to control the sale of salmon.