The Conservation of Salmon (River Annan Salmon Fishery District) (Scotland) Regulations 2012

Prohibition against retention of salmon

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2.—(1) No person may retain any salmon caught by rod and line.

(2) In this regulation—

“retain” means failing to return a fish at once to the river or other water from which it came and with the least possible injury; and

“salmon” means fish of the species Salmo salar (commonly known as salmon) or any part of any such fish and excludes migratory fish of the species Salmo trutta (commonly known as sea trout) or any part of any such fish.