HC Deb 28 January 1993 vol 217 cc832-3W
Mr. Bellingham

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the figures for the number of salmon caught in Scotland during the season 1991 and the season 1992, on rod and line and by commercial nets.

Sir Hector Monro

Details of reported catches of salmon in Scotland arc published annually in The Scottish Office Statistical Bulletin—Fisheries Series. Copies of this publication are available in the Library. The reported catches of salmon in the 1991 season by method of catch (net and coble and fixed engine for netsmen and rod-and-line for anglers) are set out below.

Reported Catches of Salmon in Scotland–1991
Method Reported Catch
Net and coble 9,528
Fixed engine 10,529
Rod-and-line 45,136

Figures for the 1992 season are currently being collated ready for publication in the summer of this year.

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