Part 2Administration of salmon fisheries

Salmon fishery districts

34Salmon fishery districts

1

Subject to subsection (2) below, a salmon fishery district shall be the area within the coastal limits of a district (within the meaning of the 1862 to 1868 Acts), and extending—

a

seaward for 5 kilometres from mean low water springs; and

b

landward to include the catchment area of each river which flows directly or indirectly into the sea within the coastal limits of the salmon fishery district.

2

The Scottish Ministers may, in accordance with section 35 of this Act, by order (in this Act referred to as a “designation order”) designate any area as a salmon fishery district, whether or not it includes all or part of an existing salmon fishery district.

3

After consulting such persons as they think fit, the Scottish Ministers may, by order—

a

where an island or part of an island is not within the area of a salmon fishery district by virtue of subsection (1) or (2) above, include in the area of such a district—

i

that island or that part; and

ii

the sea within 5 kilometres from mean low water springs on that island or that part;

b

where there is doubt as to whether a particular place is in a particular salmon fishery district, make provision for the purpose of removing that doubt; or

c

change a reference used in describing a salmon fishery district where the suitability of that reference for that purpose has lessened or ceased,

but such an order shall not create a salmon fishery district.