HC Deb 28 April 1995 vol 258 c759W
Mr. William Ross

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is his estimate of the number of otters now present in each river system in Northern Ireland; what was the number five and 10 years ago; and

1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
Armagh 176 114 52 118 314 386 404 592 519 973
Dungannon 178 75 69 83 102 158 194 242 239 351
Enniskellen 123 152 190 148 160 174 117 225 343 242
Newry 165 125 266 622 1,100 1,270 2,050 1,607 1,831 1,215
Newtownards 257 197 171 261 217 214 284 627 1,349 983
Ballymena 218 84 51 49 105 277 341 228 348 377
Coleraine 125 70 43 50 66 93 212 436 518 439
Larne 204 167 162 84 295 379 432 512 860 420
Londonderry 10 33 26 33 31 64 17 25 90 57
Omagh 51 23 13 22 103 109 57 107 146 181
Total 1,507 1,040 1,043 1,470 2,493 3,124 4,108 4,601 6,243 5,238

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