Salmon (Hansard, 27 July 1984)

§ Mr. Nicholas Baker
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what figures he has for the number of salmon caught by rod and line in Scottish rivers in each of the last five years.

§ Mr. John MacKay
The reported catches of salmon, grilse and sea trout by rod and line in Scottish rivers for each of the years in question is given in the table.

Salmon Grilse Sea Trout Total

1979 65,921 15,244 39,512 120,677

1980 59,337 11,167 39,716 110,220

1981 51,006 12,287 45,736 109,029

1982 47,915 16,839 33,695 98,449

^*1983 53,115 15,339 42,320 110,774

^* Provisional

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for rate support grant purposes, detailing (i) the adjustments to current -expenditure on a public expenditure survey basis to reach relevant current expenditure on a rate support grant basis and (ii) the adjustments for relevant current expenditure to reach total relevant expenditure.

§ Mr. Younger
The information is as follows:

	Salmon	Grilse	Sea Trout	Total
1979	65,921	15,244	39,512	120,677
1980	59,337	11,167	39,716	110,220
1981	51,006	12,287	45,736	109,029
1982	47,915	16,839	33,695	98,449
^*1983	53,115	15,339	42,320	110,774
^* Provisional