§ Mr. William RossTo 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