Where is the Evidence?

The motion

That the Parliament is concerned that the following freshwater fishing protection orders, the West Strathclyde Protection Order 1988 (SI 1988 No. 1516), River Earn Catchment Protection Order 1990 (SI 1990 No. 50), River Don Catchment Area (Part) Protection Order 1990 (SI 1990 No. 1971), Loch Awe and Associated Waters Protection Order 1992 (SI 1992 No. 771), Loch Morar and River Morar Protection Order 1992 (SI 1992 No. 2316), River Clyde Catchment Area (Part) Protection Order 1994 (SI 1994 No. 1949), River Tummel Catchment Area Protection (Renewal) Order 1991 Variation Order 1994 (SI 1994 No. 2623), Rivers Tweed and Eye Protection (Renewal) Order 1991 Variation Order 1994 (SI 1994 No. 2621), River Lunan Catchment Area Protection (Renewal) Order 1991 Variation Order 1994 (SI 1994 No. 2644), River Arkaig, Loch Arkaig and Associated Waters Protection Order 1995 (SI 1995 No. 2683), Upper Spey and Associated Waters Protection (Renewal) Order 1993 Variation Order 1996 (SI 1996 No. 57), North West Sutherland Protection Order 1994 (SI 1994 No. 3302), River Tay Catchment Protection (Renewal) Order 1993 Variation Order 1996 (SI 1996 No. 58) and the Assynt-Coigach Area Protection Variation Order 2006 (SSI 2006 No.488) were all introduced under legislation to protect stocks and improve the fish population of the waters; is further concerned that the orders remain in place without any end date identified; understands that the Scottish Government has no plans to revoke any of these orders but has produced no evidence to support their continuation, and calls on the Scottish Government to commission independent research to assess the health of fish stocks in the relevant waters so that the future of these orders can be assessed against firm scientific evidence.

No recorded vote on this motion. Most motions are never debated, and many that are debated are agreed without a division. Vote records are published from 2011.

Lab 1

Party shown is each supporter’s party when the motion was published.

No contribution in the Official Report cites S5M-04584 by reference.