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Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Answer

Lawrie Quinn: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the total percentage of salmon caught by (a) the Scottish Nets, (b) Northumbrian Nets, (c) Yorkshire Nets, (d) Scottish Rods and (e) Northumbrian Rods was in each year since 1990; and what the total number of salmon caught in the United Kingdom was in each of those years. [63363] Mr. Morley: The most recent information is set out in the following table: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Scottish nets Northumbrian nets Yorkshire nets Scottish rods{1} Northumbrian rods{1} Total UK Percentag Number Percentag Number Percentag Number Percentag Number Percentag Number catch{ e e e e e 1,2} 1990 33.9 97,400 15.0 43,048 3.0 8,482 24.9 71,600 0.5 1,449 287,328 1991 36.4 76,300 10.8 22,525 1.4 2,904 30.0 62,400 0.6 1,263 209,534 1992 39.0 101,600 7.0 18,567 0.6 1,577 31.4 82,900 0.7 1,749 263,846 1993 32.2 86,800 13.8 37,097 1.7 4,703 29.5 79,500 0.6 1,656 269,638 1994 34.0 106,400 13.6 42,547 1.3 4,007 26.7 83,300 0.6 1,772 312,529 1995 31.9 93,900 16.9 49,801 1.2 3,409 29.3 86,100 0.7 2,053 294,134 1996 30.7 64,700 8.4 17,784 0.4 797 33.0 69,600 1.2 2,466 210,860 1997 21.1 37,100 11.3 19,828 1.2 2,094 34.6 60,700 1.3 2,356 175,556 1998 17.9 31,800 9.2 16,298 1.1 1,967 41.2 73,100 1.6 2,786 177,244 1999 12.9 17,900 18.1 25,013 1.3 1,820 37.9 52,500 1.8 2,540 138,385 2000 18.0 35,500 20.1 39,635 1.9 3,719 33.2 65,600 1.7 3,451 197,426 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Includes data on catch and release. {2} Excludes any NI rod catch for which no details are available.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

387 c925-6W;387 c922-4W; 63363

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Fishing catches Scotland Salmon Angling Northumberland North of England

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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