§ Mr. MossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many(a) ministers and (b) officials travelled first class on commercial aircraft for official purposes in 1998, broken down by (i) date, (ii) cost and (iii) Civil Service grade of passenger. [73961]
§ Marjorie MowlamThe rules on Ministerial travel are the same as those applied under the previous Administration. The information is as follows:
§ Mr. Paul MurphyThe fish counters do not distinguish between salmon and large sea trout. Neither do they record fish of a size less than 45 centimetres. Accordingly, not all sea trout will be included in the counts.
Such information as is available is contained in Tables 2 and 3 of the Annual Reports for the Foyle Fisheries Commission, copies of which are in the Library of the House. The Reports of the Foyle Fisheries Commission for 1997 and 1998 are not yet in the Library and the information available is as follows:
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River Faughan: Fish counts at Campsie Barrage 1997 1998 January 223 8 February 91 0 March 12 0 April 10 0 May 23 341 June 784 1,158 July 1,291 39 August 320 286 September 748 74 October 23 303 November 0 131 December 0 737 River Mourne: Adjusted Count of Salmon at Sion Mills Weir
Although a fish counter was in operation at Sion Mills Weir during 1998 the counter was not operational for the period February to May due to the construction of a new fish pass and fish counting facilities. The validation of the counts of the 3 channels of the new facilities, when in operation in 1998, has not yet been completed and therefore it is not possible to provide any accurate figures for that year. The 1997 count was as follows:
1997 January 879 February 108 March 36 April 0 May 75 June 1,849 July 1,480 August 140 September 226 October 480 November 1,200 December 574
§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in each of the years 1990 to 1998, how many(a) salmon and grilse and (b) sea trout, were taken by (i) nets and (ii) anglers in the Foyle Commission area. [76883]
§ Mr. Paul MurphyAlthough it is a statutory requirement that anglers in the Foyle Area make an annual catch return, in practice only a very small percentage of anglers provide this. On this basis, the catch information provided (and the percentage of anglers making a return) is as follows:
Salmon and Grilse Sea trout Year Nets Rod catch Nets Rod catch Percentage returns from anglers 1990 44,420 927 1— 1,399 5.00 1991 25,816 482 1— 1,222 9.17 1992 42,257 523 1— 1,415 5.78 1993 38,028 1,214 1— 738 9.11 1994 38,854 1,759 1— 592 12.12 1995 35,912 708 1— 759 6.77 1996 30,544 1,444 1— 771 3.44 1997 43,963 1,020 1— 802 3.30 1998 39,950 1— 1— 1— 1— 1 Not available