§ Mr. Donald Stewartasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the number of full-time fishermen in each of the fisheries districts in Scotland in each of the past five years.
§ Mr. YoungerThe figures in the following table are for full-time fishermen on 31 December in each of the years 1978 to 1982. The data for 1983 are not yet to hand.
1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 TOTAL 7,863 7,613 7,561 7,376 7,247 Eyemouth 204 203 199 193 225 Leith 425 373 372 366 314 Pittenweem 380 398 393 393 375 Arbroath 163 181 183 188 158 Aberdeen 1,015 602 540 491 461 Peterhead 727 732 728 724 769 Fraserburgh 631 643 676 660 653 Macduff 651 659 670 652 630 Buckie 667 703 712 672 635 Lossiemouth 508 536 572 579 589 Wick 199 194 195 176 168 Orkney 152 167 169 177 174 Lerwick 498 447 452 440 468 Stornoway 448 461 393 383 352 Ullapool 199 190 203 170 199 Mallaig 206 270 266 248 222 Oban 88 126 124 102 123 Campbeltown 317 317 321 367 361 Ayr 385 411 393 395 371