§ Mr. Dalyellasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what information he has as to the number of fishermen employed at net fisheries for migrating trout and salmon on each of the major salmon rivers and estuaries in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. GummerThe only information available to me relates to the number of persons, in each water authority area, who were licensed to use commercial instruments to fish for salmon or migratory trout or who were authorised to assist in the working of the licensed instrument.
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Water authority 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 Welsh 698 719 650 *155 *177 *186 *176 *164 647 674 Wessex *38 *37 *41 46 57 55 44 36 44 30 Yorkshire 263 272 242 251 235 221 234 223 208 219 * Licensees only (number of authorised servants or agents not available).