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The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Keeping and Release and Notification Requirements) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2012
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Article 2(3)
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“PART 1Types of animals specified for the purposes of section 14(1)(a)(ii) of the 1981 Act (types of animal which it is an offence for a person to release or allow to escape from captivity)
Common name Column (1) | Scientific name Column (2) | Extent Column (3) |
|---|---|---|
| Deer | All species of the genus Cervus | Outer Hebrides and the islands of Arran (including Holy Island), Islay, Jura and Rum |
PART 2Types of invasive animals specified for the purposes of section 14ZC(1)(a) of the 1981 Act (types of animal which it is an offence for a person to keep, have in their possession or have under their control)
Common name Column (1) | Scientific name Column (2) |
|---|---|
| Asp | Aspius aspius |
| Barbel | species of the genus Barbus (excluding Barbus barbus) |
| Bass (excluding sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax) | Micropterus salmoides; Micropterus dolomieu; Ambloplites rupestris; and species of the genus Morone |
| Bighead carp | Hypophthalmichthys nobilis |
| Bitterling | Rhodeus sericeus/Rhodeus amarus |
| Blacknose dace | Rhinichthys atratulus |
| Blageon | Telestes souffia |
| Blue bream | Ballerus ballerus |
| Blue sucker | Cycleptus elongatus |
| Burbot | Lota lota |
| Catfish | species of the genera Ictalurus, Ameiurus and Silurus |
| Charr | species of the genus Salvelinus (excluding Salvelinus alpinus) |
| Chinese black or snail-eating carp | Mylopharyngodon piceus |
| Chinese sucker (also known as Zebra hi fin, banded shark/sucker) | Myxocyprinus asiaticus |
| Common white sucker | Catostomus commersonii |
| Coypu | Myocastor coypus |
| Crayfish | freshwater decapod crustacean of the Families Astacidae, Cambaridae or Parastacidae, (excluding Austropotamobius pallipes) |
| Danubian bleak | Alburnus chalcoides |
| Danubian salmon & Taimen | species of the genus Hucho |
| Eastern mudminnow | Umbra pygmaea |
| European mudminnow | Umbra krameri |
| Fathead minnow (or Roseyreds) | Pimephales promelas |
| Freshwater minnow, Dragon fish or Pale chub | Zacco platypus |
| Grass carp | Ctenopharyngodon idella |
| Grey squirrel | Sciurus carolinensis |
| Landlocked salmon | non anadromous varieties of the species Salmo salar |
| Marbled trout | Salmo marmoratus |
| Mink | Mustela vison |
| Muntjac | Species of genus Muntiacus |
| Muskrat | Ondatra zibethica |
| Nase | Chondrostoma nasus |
| Northern redbelly dace | Chrosomus eos |
| Pacific salmon and trout | species of the genus Oncorhynchus (excluding Oncorhynchus mykiss |
| Paddlefish | species of the genera Polyodon and Psephurus |
| Perch | species of the genus Perca (excluding Perca fluviatilis) |
| Pike | species of the genus Esox (excluding Esox lucius) |
| Pikeperch | Sanderlucioperca |
| Rabbit (excluding European rabbit) | species of the genera Bunolagus, Brachylagus, Nesolagus, Pentalagus, Poelagus, Romerolagus and Sylvilagus |
| Red shiner | Cyprinella lutrensis |
| Ruffe | Gymnocephalus cernua |
| Schneider | Alburnoides bipunctatus |
| Silver carp | Hypophthalmichthys molitrix |
| Snakehead | species of the genus Channa |
| Southern redbelly dace | Chrosomus erythrogaster |
| Sturgeon or sterlet | species of the genera Acipenser, Huso, Pseudoscaphirhynchus and Scaphirhynchus |
| Sunbleak (Sundace), also known as Belica or Motherless minnow | Leucaspius delineatus |
| Sunfish, including pumpkinseed (also Basses, Crappies & Bluegills) | species of the genus Lepomis |
| Topmouth gudgeon | Pseudorasbora parva |
| Toxostome (or French nase) | Parachondrostoma toxostoma |
| Vimba | Vimba vimba |
| Weatherfish | Misgurnus fossilis |
| Whitefish | species of the genus Coregonus (excluding Coregonus lavaretus and Coregonus albula)” |
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