Part 1Methods of fishing and offences related to fishing
Offences related to sale, purchase and possession of salmon and trout
19Salmon roe
1
Any person who buys, sells, exposes for sale or is in possession of any salmon roe shall be guilty of an offence, and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
2
Subsection (1) above shall not apply to any person who gives a reason, satisfactory to the court before which that person is charged, for being in possession of salmon roe.
3
It shall be a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (1) above to prove—
a
that the roe had been produced in the course of fish farming within the meaning given by section 33(6) of the Fisheries Act 1981 (c. 29); or
b
that that person believed on reasonable grounds that it had been so produced.
4
A person who commits an offence under this section may be convicted on the evidence of one witness.
5
Subsection (3) above is without prejudice to the provisions of subsection (2) above relating to the circumstances in which subsection (1) above does not apply.