The Land Reform
Act provides that the rights to the salmon fishings on or
contiguous to croft land that is being or has been acquired
under the provisions of the Act may be acquired but the
crofting community will not be bound to buy these
rights.
It further provides that the salmon fishings can be
bought when the land is acquired or
within the next year. The time limit is
intended to provide an element of certainty as otherwise
owners of these interests in land acquired by a crofting
community would not be prepared to invest in development
of or management of fishings.