Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what salmon netting or trapping stations are operational around the English coast; where they are; and how many salmon were taken by each in each of the last five years.

Relevant information is provided in the Environment Agency’s Salmonid & Freshwater Fisheries Statistics for England & Wales, 2013 report which is available via the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/383598/Report2013.v2.pdf

Information on the number and location (i.e. area of coast/estuary) of salmon netting and trapping stations in operation in England in 2013 can be found at Table 7 in that report. The salmon catch in each location in 2013 and each of the previous ten years can be found at Table 14.

Information for 2014 will be made available in due course.