Peebles Salmon Anglers Club

The motion

That the Parliament congratulates the newly-formed Peebles Salmon Anglers Club on taking over the lease of the Crown Water beat in Peebles; understands that the previous owners of the beat were not renewing the lease, which meant that local salmon anglers may have lost their rights to fish on the stretch; notes that the Peebles Salmon Anglers Club was founded in order to buy the lease of the beat and that it recently made a successful application to Crown Estate Scotland to take it over for five years; recognises the cultural importance of salmon fishing on the Tweed, which it believes has greater salmon stocks than any other river and can make a strong claim to be the birthplace of salmon fly fishing; appreciates the conservation value of salmon fishing as a means of monitoring the numbers and health of wild salmon stocks; commends the members of the Peebles Salmon Anglers Club on securing the lease, and wishes them all the best for the future.

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.

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

No contribution in the Official Report cites S5M-19191 by reference.