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Date answered:
9 August 2000
S1W-07503
The reasons for the decline are not clear but it is acknowledged that the mortality rate in the marine phase of the salmon's life has increased, thus reducing the number of fish returning to our rivers each year.
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Date answered:
3 August 2000
S1W-08701
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment has been made of the impact of seal populations on the stocks of freshwater fish such as the Atlantic salmon. I have requested specific advice on this issue from the Natural Environment Research Council as part of their advice on management of seal populations for this current year.Meanwhile a range of individual research projects are currently underway to investigate different aspects of the interactions between seals and fish.
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Date answered:
3 August 2000
S1W-08698
These are:The Shellfish (Specification of Molluscs and Crustaceans)(Scotland) Order 1999The Shetland Islands Regulated Fishery (Scotland) Order 1999The River Forth Salmon Fishery District (Baits and Lures) Regulations 1999The River Don Salmon Fishery District (Baits and Lures) Regulations 1999The Loch Moidart, North Channel, Scallop Several Fishery (Scotland) Order 2000The Sea Fishing (Specified Sea Areas) (Regulation of Nets and Other Fishing Gear) (Scotland) Order 2000The Prohibition of Fishing with Multiple Trawls (Scotland) Order 2000 S1W-08698
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Date answered:
3 August 2000
S1W-05473
However, in order to meet UK and EC legislative requirements, annual fish disease inspection and sampling programmes for all fish farms in Scotland have been carried out since 1993.
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Date answered:
3 August 2000
S1W-08699
There are a number of bodies concerned with the protection of wild fish stocks: that with specific responsibility for wild salmon is the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organisation (NASCO).
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Date answered:
3 August 2000
S1W-08505
To ask the Scottish Executive what financial assistance is available to fishery boards and other relevant bodies to improve river habitats with a view to encouraging an increase in wild fish stocks and whether it will detail any such awards and their recipients over the last three years for which figures are available.
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Date answered:
2 August 2000
S1W-08681
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) public and (b) private owners of fishing rights derive income from angling.
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Date answered:
2 August 2000
S1W-08680
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) public and (b) private owners of fishing rights there are and where this information is publicly available.
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Date answered:
2 August 2000
S1W-08674
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) marine laboratories and (b) laboratories engaged in fishing research there are in Scotland, who owns each such laboratory and how each is funded.
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Date answered:
20 July 2000
S1W-08589
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will make allowances for "safety tonnage" such as additional shelterdecks when tonnage on new and modernised fishing vessels is recorded. Council Decision 97/413/EC allows member states to seek an increase in their MAGP targets to take account of safety and similar improvements.We are prepared to consider any requests from the fishing industry to take account of this provision but the approval of the European Commission will also be required.
