§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the number and total weight of(a) salmon and (b) grilse taken by (i) anglers and (ii) commercial nets in (1) drift and (2) estuary nets for each of the last five years and for 1985, 1980 and 1975 or as much of such information as is readily available; and
Declared catches of salmon (including grilse) for the years 1975, 1980, 1985, 1993–97 in England and Wales Rods Drift nets Other nets1 All nets Numbers caught Total weight caught (kg) Numbers caught Total weightcaught (kg) Numbers caught Total weight caught (kg) Numbers caught Total weight caught (kg) 1975 24,300 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 88,762 340,091 1980 21,145 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 69,073 266,850 1985 19,601 81,788 n/a n/a n/a n/a 75,932 279,318 1993 214,059 3(78%) 51,091 43,561 157,667 13,005 44,644 56,566 202,311 1994 24,891 3(75%) 94,022 46,674 174,189 19,783 67,728 66,457 241,917 1995 16,006 3(70%) 61,009 51,435 187,597 16,224 58,139 67,659 245,736 1996 17,444 3(63%) 71,469 18,801 73,920 13,879 51,788 32,680 125,708 19974 13,047 3(73%) 41,996 21,866 75,057 9,593 32,177 31,459 107,234 1 All nets other than drift nets, including fixed engines 2 Likely torepresent a minimum figure due to low rate of catch returns by anglers 3 Estimated proportion of grilse in rod catch for the years 1993–97 4 Provisional figures n/a = not available