§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the number of applications for licences to kill cormorants received in 1984 and 1985; and what was the number granted, the number of cormorants allowed to be killed, the number killed, and, in each case, the location and the reason for the killing.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe details are as follows:
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1984 1985 i.Applications received 25 37 ii. Licences granted 25 36 723W
1984 1985 iii No limits were attached to licences issued in 1984; one licence issued in 1985 to the Ythan district salmon fishery board set an upper limit of 100 birds. iv Numbers killed, including provisional figures for 1985, and locations were as shown in the table below. v. Licences were issued for the prevention of serious damage to fisheries
Loch or River System Number of Licences Numbers killed under licence 1984 1985 1984 1985 Kyle of Sutherland nil 1 nil 13 Naver nil 1 nil 15 Loch Etive nil 1 nil nil Loch Fitty nil 1 nil 13 Loch Maree 1 1 5 7 Loch Leven 1 nil 107 nil Lochailort 1 4 1 7 Doon 1 1 22 14 Laggan and Duich 1 1 18 21 Spean 1 1 3 5 Brora 1 1 14 29 South Esk 3 3 4 nil Spey and Findhorn 1 2 1 1 Nairn 1 1 22 4 Annan 1 3 nil nil Awe 1 1 nil 2 Conon 1 2 6 nil Tay 6 7 272 212 Tweed 2 2 85 19 Ythan 1 1 314 88 Shin 1 nil 12 nil Helmsdale nil 1 nil nil Total 25 36 886 450