PART IRegulations made under section 2 of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Protection)(Scotland) Act 1951
Definition of methods of net fishing
2. For the purposes of section 2 of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Protection) (Scotland) Act 1951—
(a)fishing for or taking salmon by net and coble means the use of a sweep net, paid out from a boat, whereby the salmon are surrounded by the net and drawn to the bank or shore, provided that—
(i)the net and any warps are not made or held stationary, nor allowed to remain stationary, nor to drift with the current, but are both paid out and hauled in as quickly as practicable and kept in unchecked motion under the effectual command and control of the fisherman, for the purpose of enclosing the salmon within the sweep of the net and drawing them to the bank or shore;
(ii)no stakes, dykes, other obstructive devices or other nets are used in association with the net;
(iii)the water is not disturbed by throwing of stones or other objects, or splashing or other activity in order to drive salmon into the area to be swept by the net; and
(iv)the net shall not come within 50 metres of any other such net already being paid out or hauled, until the last mentioned net has been fully hauled in to the bank or shore; and
(b)fishing for or taking salmon by bag net, fly net or other stake net means the use of a fish trap (including the use of a landing net to remove salmon from such a trap) consisting of one or more fish courts and associated inscales and wings, together with a leader net designed to lead the salmon into the trap; the whole of which is fixed or moored to the shore or seabed: but no part of the bag net, fly net or other stake net, except mooring wraps and anchors, shall extend seawards beyond 1300 metres from the mean low water mark.
Repeal of provision in the Tweed Fisheries Act 1857
3. Section 62 (as to the working of wear shot nets) of the Tweed Fisheries Act 1857(1) is hereby repealed.