asked Her Majesty’s Government:
On how many days during the past six months one or more fisheries patrol boats were on duty on Lough Neagh; and what were the hours spent on patrol on the lough on each of those days.[HL8082]
In the past six months the Fisheries Conservancy Board has carried out 12 boat patrols on Lough Neagh. The hours for each patrol are as follows:
Date Hours 04/05/06 7 07/05/06 6 08/05/06 8 09/05/06 7 12/05/06 7 21/5/06 6 30/05/06 5.5 13/06/06 4.5 27/06/06 9 30/6/06 8 01/07/06 6 03/10/06 5 Total 79
Other boat patrols are carried out on Lough Neagh by various private water bailiffs. However, details of these patrols are not recorded by Government.