§ Lord Moran asked Her Majesty's Government:
§ How many licences to fish by net for salmon and sea trout were issued in 1993 in each of the National Rivers Authority's regions; and what were the total recorded catches of salmon and sea trout by drift net in each of those regions in 1992 and 1993.
The Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Earl Howe)Provisional information on the number of net licences issued by the National Rivers Authority (NRA) in each of its 10 regions in 1993 entitling holders to fish for salmon and migratory trout is given in Table 1 below.
The total recorded catches of salmon and sea trout by drift net in each of the 10 regions in 1992 are given in table 2 below. Catch data for 1993 are still being compiled.
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Table 1 Number of net licences issued by the NRA in 1993 which entitle holders to fish for salmon and migratory trout (provisional figures) NRA region Number Northumbria 109 Yorkshire 42 Anglian 93 Thames 0 Southern 2 Wessex 12 Southh West 99 Severn Trent 65 Welsh 105 North West 229 Note: These figures include licences issued for all commercial fishing instruments, including fixed nets, hand nets and traps.
Table 2 Recorded catches of salmon and migratory trout by drift net by NRA region in 1992 NRA region Salmon Sea trout Northumbria 16,362 14,617 Yorkshire 1,212 2,859 Anglian1 — — Thames — — Southern — — Wessex — — South West 224 33 Severn-Trent — — Welsh2 1,378 819 North West 1,424 332 Total 20,600 18,660 1 Anglian catches are not available by method of capture. 2 Welsh data include catches by drift, trammel, sling and coracle nets.