§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list all those locations for which licences to kill cormorants were issued in 1984 and 1985, respectively; and if he will indicate the number of birds killed at each location.
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§ Mr. John MacKayThe locations for which licences were issued to kill cormorants for the prevention of serious damage to fisheries in 1984 and 1985 to date are as follows:
Loch or River System Number of licences Numbers Killed 1984 1985 1984 1985 Loch Maree 1 Nil 5 Nil Loch Leven 1 Nil 107 Nil Lochailort 1 2 1 Nil Doon 1 1 22 1 Laggan & Duich 1 1 18 3 Spean 1 Nil 3 Nil Brora 1 1 14 Nil South Esk 3 3 4 Nil Spey & Findhorn 1 Nil 1 Nil Nairn 1 1 22 Nil Annan 1 2 Nil Nil Awe 1 1 Nil Nil Conon 1 Nil 6 Nil Tay 6 6 272 145 Tweed 2 2 85 3 Ythan 1 Nil 314 Nil Shin 1 Nil 12 Nil — — — — Total 25 20 886 152