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Current Statutes and Regulations
The items listed below focus on conservation and fishery provisions. There are many other statutes which are relevant to the quality and use of Scottish fresh waters which may have implications for freshwater fish or fisheries. However, these are not listed here as they are not considered in detail by this discussion document.
EU Directives
Directive 78/559/EEC on the quality of fresh waters needing protection or improvement in order to support fish life
Directive 79/409/EEC on the conservation of wild birds
Directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild flora and fauna
Primary legislation
Solway Act 1804
Annan Fisheries Act 1841
Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1868 (sections 1, 11, 15, 18-24, 26, 27, 29,
31-36, 41)
Freshwater Fish (Scotland) Act 1902
Trout (Scotland) Act 1933
Diseases of Fish Act 1937
National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949
Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Protection) (Scotland) Act 1951
Countryside (Scotland) Act 1967
Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967
Countryside Act 1968
Conservation of Seals Act 1970
Control of Pollution Act 1974
Freshwater and Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1976
Import of Live Fish (Scotland) Act 1978
Electricity (Scotland) Act 1979
Fisheries Act 1981a
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981b
Animal Health Act 1981c
Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982
Diseases of Fish Act 1983
Inshore Fishing (Scotland) Act 1984
Wildlife and Countryside (Amendment) Act 1985
Wildlife and Countryside (Service of Notices) Act 1985
Salmon Act 1986 (as amended by the Salmon Conservation (Scotland) Act 2001)
Electricity Act 1989
Environmental Protection Act 1990
Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994
Environment Act 1995
Tweed Acts
Tweed Fisheries Act 1857
Tweed Fisheries Amendment Act 1859
Tweed Fisheries Act 1969
Subordinate legislation
Annual Close Time (1986 Act unless otherwise stated)
SI 1978 No. 1326 (S.120) District of the River Findhorn (Annual Close Time)
Order 1978 (1868 Act)
SI 1980 No. 1255 (S.96) District of the River Cree (Annual Close Time) Order
1980 (1868 Act)
SI 1980 No. 1256 (S.97) District of Loch Sunart (Annual Close Time) Byelaw 1980
(1862 Act)
SI 1989 No. 1363 (S.111) Annual Close Time (Lossie Salmon Fishery District)
Order 1989
SI 1989 No. 1499 (S.126) Annual Close Time (River Dee (Aberdeenshire) Salmon
Fishery District) Order 1989
SI 1990 No. 1854 (S.174) Annual Close Time (Rivers Irvine and Garnock Salmon
Fishery District) Order 1990
SI 1990 No. 2020 (S.180) Annual Close Time (River Tay Salmon Fishery District)
Order 1990
SI 1991 No. 2115 (S.174) Annual Close Time (River Nairn Salmon Fishery District)
Order 1991
SI 1992 No. 192 (S. 15) Annual Close Time (River Findhorn Salmon Fishery District)
Order 1992
SI 1995 No. 3047 (S.220) Annual Close Time (River Eachaig Salmon Fishery District)
Order 1995
Weekly Close Time (1986 Act)
SI 1988 No. 390 (S.41) Salmon (Weekly Close Time) (Scotland) Regulations 1988
Protection Orders (1976 Act)
SI 1988 No. 1516 (S.149) West Strathclyde Protection Order 1988
SI 1990 No. 50 (S.4) River Earn Catchment Area Protection Order 1990
SI 1990 No. 1971 (S.178) River Don Catchment Area (Part) Protection Order 1990
SI 1992 No. 771 (S.79) Loch Awe and Associated Waters Protection Order 1992
SI 1992 No. 2316 (S.223) Loch Morar and River Morar Protection Order 1992
SI 1994 No. 1949 (S.87) River Clyde Catchment Area (Part) Protection Order 1994
SI 1994 No. 2621 (S.130) Rivers Tweed and Eye Protection (Renewal) Order 1991
Variation Order 1994
SI 1994 No. 2622 (S.131) River Lunan Catchment Area Protection (Renewal) Order
1991 Variation Order 1994
SI 1994 No. 2623 (S. 132) River Tummel Catchment Area Protection (Renewal) Order
1991 Variation Order 1994
SI 1994 No. 3302 (S.194) North and West Sutherland Protection Order 1994
SI 1995 No. 2683 (S.201) River Arkaig, Loch Arkaig and Associated Waters Protection
Order 1995
SI 1996 No. 57 (S.2) Upper Spey and Associated Waters Protection (Renewal) Order
1993 Variation Order 1996
SI 1996 No. 58 (S.3) River Tay Catchment Area Protection (Renewal) Order 1993
Variation Order 1996
Import of Live Fish (1978 Act)
SI 1980 No. 376 (S.36) Import of Live Fish (Coho Salmon) (Prohibition) (Scotland)
Order 1980
SI 1993 No. 1288 (S.179) Prohibition of the Keeping or the Release of Live Fish
(Pikeperch) (Scotland) Order 1993
SI 1996 No.1107 (S.119) Prohibition of Keeping of Live Fish (Crayfish) (Scotland)
Order 1996
Designation Orders (1986 Act – Establishment of salmon fishery districts)
SI 1988 No. 994 (S.96) Esk Salmon Fishery District Designation Order 1988
SI 1989 No. 1869 (S.134) East Lewis Salmon Fishery District Designation Order
1989
SI 1990 No. 324 (S.30) Caithness Salmon Fishery District Designation Order 1990
SI 1991 No. 2271 (S.188) Skye Salmon Fishery District Designation Order 1991
SI 1999 No. 1380 (S.103) North and West Salmon Fishery District Designation
Order 1999
SI 1999 No. 1381 (S.104) Conon Salmon Fishery District Designation Order 1999
SI 1999 No. 1382 (S.105) Lochaber Salmon Fishery District Designation Order
1999
SSI 2001 No. 151 Western Isles Salmon Fishery District Designation Order 2001
SSI 2002 No. 138 Mull Salmon Fishery District Designation (Scotland) Order 2002
Estuary Limits (1986 Act - Fixing of estuary limits)
SI 1999 No. 484 (S.31) River Tay Estuary Limits Order 1999
Baits and Lures Regulations (1986 Act – Prohibition of the use of certain
baits and lures)
SI 1989 No. 1500 (S.127) River Dee (Aberdeenshire) Salmon Fishery District
(Baits and Lures) Regulations 1989
SI 1990 No. 337 (S.33) River Ness Salmon Fishery District (Baits and Lures)
Regulations 1990
SI 1990 No. 1080 (S.131) River Spey Salmon Fishery District (Baits and Lures)
Regulations 1990
SI 1990 No. 1618 (S.162) River Deveron Salmon Fishery District (Baits and Lures)
Regulations 1990
SI 1990 No. 2182 (S.190) River Nairn Salmon Fishery District (Baits and Lures)
Regulations 1990
SI 1991 No. 116 (S.9) River Awe Salmon Fishery District (Baits and Lures) Regulations
1991
SI 1991 No. 2007 (S.166) River Tweed (Baits and Lures) Regulations 1991
SI 1991 No. 2192 (S.180) River Cree Salmon Fishery District (Baits and Lures)
Regulations 1991
SI 1992 No. 2749 (S.234) River Ugie Salmon Fishery District (Baits and Lures)
Regulations 1992
SI 1992 No. 2750 (S.235) River Girvan Salmon Fishery District (Baits and Lures)
Regulations 1992
SI 1995 No. 2682 (S.200) River Nith Salmon Fishery District (Baits and Lures)
Regulations 1995
SI 1996 No. 2640 (S.204) River Stinchar Salmon Fishery District (Baits and Lures)
Regulations 1996
SI 1996 No. 3046 (S.232) River Ythan Salmon Fishery District (Baits and Lures)
Regulations 1996
SI 1998 No. 6 (S.3) River Tweed (Baits and Lures) Regulations 1998
SI 1998 No. 684 (S.32) River Ewe Salmon Fishery District (Baits and Lures) Regulations
1998
SI 1998 No. 2131 (S.110) River Esk Salmon Fishery District (Baits and Lures)
Regulations 1998
SI 1999 No. 376 (S.22) River Tay Salmon Fishery District (Baits and Lures) Regulations
1999
SSI 1999 No. 188 River Forth Salmon Fishery District (Baits and Lures) Regulations
1999
SSI 1999 No. 189 River Don Salmon Fishery District (Baits and Lures) Regulations
1999
SSI 2002 No. 11 River Dee (Kirkcudbright) Salmon Fishery District (Baits and
Lures) Regulations 2002
Netting Methods (1986 Act)
SI 1992 No 1974 (S.201) Salmon (Definition of Methods of Net Fishing and Construction of Nets) (Scotland) Regulations 1992 (as amended by SI 1993 No. 257 (S.20) and SI 1994 No. 111 (S.4)
Fishing For Salmon At Sea (Acts as stated)
SI 1972 No. 1966 Salmon and Migratory Trout (Restrictions on Landing) Order
1972 (as amended by SI 1975 No. 639 and SI 1983 No. 58) (1967 Act)
SI 1973 No. 189 Salmon and Migratory Trout (North East Atlantic) Order 1972
(as amended by SI 1983 No. 59) (1967 Act)
SI 1973 No. 207 Salmon and Migratory Trout (Prohibition of Fishing) (No.2) Order
(as amended by SI 1975 No. 844 and SI 1983 No.60) (1967 Act)
SI 1973 No. 210 Salmon and Migratory Trout (Enforcement Order) 1973 (1967 Act)
SI 1986 No. 59 (S.3) Inshore Fishing (Salmon and Migratory Trout) (Prohibition
of Gill Nets) (Scotland) Order 1986 (1984 Act)
SI 1986 No. 60 (S.4) Inshore Fishing (Prohibition of Carriage of Monofilament
Gill Nets) (Scotland) Order 1986 (1984 Act)
SI 1986 No. 2090 Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Conservation Measures)
Order 1986
(1981 Acta)
SI 1996 No. 1907 (S.157) Inshore Fishing (Monofilament Gill Nets) (Scotland)
Order 1996 (1984 Act)
Fish Passes and Screens (1986 Act)
SI 1994 No. 2524 (S.119) Salmon (Fish Passes and Screens) (Scotland) Regulations 1994
Possession of Salmon Roe (1994 Act)
SI 1996 No. 1211 (S.122) Deregulation (Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1868) Order 1996
Fisheries Committee (1989 Act)
SI 1990 No. 392 (S.41) Electricity Act 1989 (Requirement of Consent for Hydro-electric Generating Stations) (Scotland) 1990
Species Protection(1981 Actb)
SI 1988 No. 288 The Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedules)
1 Order 1988
SI 1991 No. 367 The Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule)
Order 1988
SI 1998 No. 878 The Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedules
5 & 8) Order 1988
Habitats Directive
SI 1994 No. 2716 The Conservation (Natural Habitats &c.) Regulations 1994
Surface Water Quality for Fishlife
SI 1997 No. 2471 (S.163) The Surface Waters (Fishlife) (Classification)(Scotland) Regulations 1997
The Surface Waters (Fishlife) (Scotland) Direction 1997
The Surface Waters (Fishlife) (Classification)(Scotland) Direction 1999.
Registration of Fish Farms (1983 Act)
SI 1985 No. 1391 Registration of Fish farming and Shellfish farming Businesses Order 1985
Third Country Imports (1981 Actc)
SI 1992 No. 3301 Shellfish and Specified Fish (Third Country Imports) Order
1992
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