§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will, for as long a number of years as is possible at reasonable cost, publish a table to show for each river in the area covered by the Foyle Fisheries Commission the number of(a) salmon, (b) grilse and (c) sea trout taken by (i) anglers and (ii) by commercial fishermen showing the number of fish taken by nets and fishing engines in each river estuary and in Lough Foyle, by other coastal fishing stations and by drift nets.
§ Mr. HanleyThe tables set out the information which is available. Separate figures for salmon and grilse cannot be provide.
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Anglers' catch returns Salmon and Grilse 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 Camowen/Drumragh 5 17 4 4 37 14 3 13 3 2 Culdaff 1 8 — — 2 1 — — 1 1 Dennett 6 6 3 3 6 2 1 — 4 15 Derg 32 193 11 13 103 10 3 9 5 40 Deele 4 7 — — 2 — — 3 — — Faughan 420 403 273 52 564 371 89 165 370 332 Finn and Reelan 248 273 339 75 309 324 77 208 170 188 Foyle 14 68 15 80 7 25 14 39 20 4 Glenclly/Owenkillew 27 125 10 5 64 22 12 20 22 25 Mourne/Strule 183 479 89 79 496 270 82 410 299 156 Roe 552 519 80 53 224 119 96 77 81 119 Others 25 27 7 15 — 14 13 16 2 45 Totals 1,517 2,125 831 379 1,814 1,172 390 960 977 927 Percentage submission of returns1 12 17 7 15 10 8 4 5 6 4
Sea Trout 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 Camowen/Drumragh 4 15 2 4 40 30 — — — 6 Culdaff 10 19 15 27 29 22 5 — — 4 Dennett 299 165 165 152 68 39 14 17 95 220 Derg 73 196 5 6 121 13 11 23 5 10 Deele 15 22 — — 36 11 5 16 — 8 Faughan 2,950 2,188 5,723 1.425 2,808 1,864 1,210 1,003 648 660 Finn and Reelan 408 337 103 209 137 245 253 135 55 138 Foyle 199 224 39 188 46 42 263 175 122 9 Glenelly/Owenkillew 163 319 85 84 148 79 73 25 23 38 Mourne/Strule 1,092 644 368 254 633 271 97 364 170 63 Roe 1,687 756 195 773 772 135 207 216 166 193 Others 521 114 57 466 — 178 218 107 128 50 Totals 7,421 4,999 6,567 3,588 4,838 2,929 2,356 2,081 1,412 1,399 1 Percentage submission of returns 12 17 7 15 10 8 4 5 6 4 1 Anglers in the Foyle Fisheries Commission area are required, as part of the licensing arrangements, to submit catch returns but do not always do so. Figures cannot be extrapolated to give catch returns for 100 per cent, submission of returns as, among others factors, anglers are more likely to make a return if they have caught fish.
Commercial fishermen's catches Salmon and grilse 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 Drift nets—Sea and Lough Foyle 21,252 37,165 65,654 18,299 24,528 32,280 12,587 17,321 55,108 33,850 Draft nets—River Foyle 10,296 17,036 14,237 9,697 12,921 11,355 4,883 15,358 30,612 9,188 River Roe 1,485 3,268 1,244 595 1,145 1,354 551 818 478 1,011 Fixed engines—Coastal 435 943 627 78 674 282 47 79 330 371 Londonderry fishery River Foyle 1,313 1,745 1,490 863 1,253 1,083 415 763 — — Totals 34,781 60,157 83,252 29,532 40,521 46,354 18,483 34,339 86,528 44,420
Sea trout 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 Draft nets River Roe 473 352 942 846 225 279 285 259 22 62
§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will for as long a number of years as is possible at reasonable cost, publish a table to show for each river in the area covered by the Fisheries Conservancy Board the number of(a) salmon, (b) grilse and (c) sea trout taken by (i) anglers and (ii) commercial fishermen, showing the number of fish taken by nets/fishing engines in each river estuary, fresh water lough or by coastal fishing stations and by drift nets.
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§ Mr. HanleyThe information is not available in the form requested. In the Fisheries Conservancy Board area anglers are not required to submit catch returns but records of some catches are submitted on a voluntary basis and these are set out in the table together with the commercial fisherman's returns. Separate figures are not available for salmon and grilse and figures for sea trout are available only in respect of commercial fishing.
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Anglers' catch returns Salmon and grilse 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 Lower River Bann 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2,530 1,831 983 Bush River Private Stretch 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 170 70 47 New Stretch2 — — — 14 47 93 65 74 25 35 Town Stretch 1 145 89 41 146 201 195 108 57 114 Leap Stretch 1 17 30 9 119 122 108 122 105 150 Rest of FCB area except L Erne 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 757 1,900 1 Not available. 2 Opened in 1984.
Commercial Fishermen's returns Salmon and Grilse 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 Tidal draft nets 180 215 520 549 400 27 69 114 74 12 Tidal drift nets 992 1,041 1,231 662 1,01 479 248 675 812 252 Fixed engines 7,474 13,773 13,366 12,607 7,944 11,382 10,577 12.968 17,364 9,950 Total 8,646 15,029 15,117 13,818 9,354 11,888 10,894 13,757 18,250 10,214
Sea Trout 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 Tidal draft nets 254 231 721 757 418 263 332 162 221 138 Tidal drift nets — — 3 — 2 1 1 2 3 — Fixed engines 138 102 155 189 65 142 120 120 163 101 Total 392 333 879 946 485 406 453 288 387 239