Chamber and committees

This information for2006 is published on the Scottish Government website at the following address: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/03/27085753/98.

The information requestedis not held centrally.

The provision of educationin Scotland is the responsibility of the appropriate localauthority and Angus Council and Dundee City Council, like all local authorities,are under a statutory duty to ensure that there is adequate and efficient provisionof school education made for their area. It is therefore a matter for Angus andDundee City to determine how certain needs such as the provision of education for childrendiagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are met.

The Scottish Executives policy is that where there is a harvestablesurplus, all who have the legal right to fish or written permission from a personhaving such right should continue to be allowed to fish.

At that time nets were taking 75-80% of the total catch of salmonand grilse. Extending the weekly close time for nets would effect a greater reductionin exploitation than extending the weekly close time for salmon fishing by rod andline. The government of the day also considered the relative economic values ofrod caught and net caught fish to the economy generally and to rural Scotland inparticular, and concluded that the value of a rod-caught fish was many times greaterthan the value of a net-caught fish.

The Scottish Executive understands that what is being referredto is compensation in respect of the Salmon (Weekly Close Time) (Scotland) Regulations1988. In such case, no compensation has been offered because the Executive considersthat no right to compensation exists.

As there is no definition of thisterm in the relevant legislation, the words must take their normal meaning. the Scottish Office in 1988 considered that general conservation grounds in relationto salmon were that there were declining numbers of salmon returning to Scottishrivers and that these should be afforded increased protection.

The scientific evidence relating to juvenile salmon productionin rivers available at the time was recognised as being inconclusive. However, againsta backdrop of increasing levels of mortality in salmon during the marine part oftheir life cycle, the Government introduced the regulations as a precautionary measureto reduce exploitation of salmon in home waters to protect declining stocks.

These data are not collected as partof the annual survey of salmon and sea trout catches, as an operator of more thanone fishery may combine catches in a single return. However, the number of returnsmade in respect of netting stations (excluding nil returns) for 1952 (year whenrecords started) are:

Net and coble - 94 returns.

Fixed engine - 135 returns.

These data are not collected as partof the annual survey of salmon and sea trout catches, as an operator of more thanone fishery may combine catches in a single return. However, the number of returnsmade in respect of netting stations (excluding nil returns) for 2005, the most recentyear for which data are available, and the number expressed a s a proportion of the 1952 (year when records started) are:

Net and coble - 34 returns - proportionof 1952 total = 0.36.

Fixed engine - 43 returns - proportionof 1952 total = 0.32.

Total from netting operations 77 returns - proportion of 1952total = 0.34.

These data are not collected as partof the annual survey of salmon and sea trout catches, as an operator of more thanone fishery may combine catches in a single return. However, the number of returnsmade in respect of netting stations (excluding nil returns) for 2005, the most recentyear for which data are available are:

Net and coble - 34 returns.

Fixed engine - 43 returns.

Total from netting operations 77 returns.

The right to fish for salmon is a private, heritable title, soall fisheries are in private ownership. Some fisheries may be operated by tenants.

In April 2006 Angus Council wasawarded a grant of £98,000 in 2006-07 and £564,000 in 2007-08 for the redevelopmentof its Gypsy/Travellers site at Tayock. There are no plans to allocate any additionalfunding.