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Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Answer

Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many salmon were caught by (a) net and (b) rod in Lancashire rivers in each of the last five years. [180428] Mr. Bradshaw: The following tables give the numbers of salmon caught by net and by rod in the rivers Lune, Ribble and Wyre in each of the last five years. Table 1: salmon caught in the River Lune, Lancashire _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number of salmon caught Number of salmon caught Percentage of salmon Number of salmon caught by rod by rod, subsequently caught by rod, by net released subsequently released 1999 1,032 506 49 803 2000 1,440 808 56 1,527 2001 566 364 64 1,121 2002 1,127 691 61 1,531 2003 823 476 58 810 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Table 2: salmon caught in the River Ribble, Lancashire _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number of salmon caught Number of salmon caught Percentage of salmon Number of salmon caught by rod by rod, subsequently caught by rod, by net released subsequently released 1999 633 384 61 210 2000 827 455 55 176 2001 349 208 60 130 2002 692 420 61 228 2003 556 357 64 155 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Table 3: salmon caught in the River Wyre, Lancashire _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number of salmon caught Number of salmon caught Percentage of salmon Number of salmon caught by rod by rod, subsequently caught by rod, by net released subsequently released 1999 5 0 0 n/a 2000 5 2 40 n/a 2001 11 4 36 n/a 2002 15 13 87 n/a 2003 3 1 33 n/a _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

180428; 423 c3W

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Lancashire Angling Salmon

Contains statistics

Yes

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