asked the Solicitor-General for Scotland how many people have been (a) fined and (b) imprisoned for poaching over the past six years; and what was the average fine and average term of imprisonment.

Statistics on the sentencing of persons for poaching are not separately kept and could not be obtained for the past six years except at disproportionate cost.

asked the Solicitor-General for Scotland how many people have been prosecuted under the Freshwater and Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1976; and what was the average fine or other sentence imposed on those found guilty.

Statistics are not separately kept for contraventions of the Freshwater and Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1976. Information on the disposals of such cases could not therefore be obtained except at disproportionate cost.