Conservation plans

4.—(1) The Scottish Ministers may agree a conservation plan in respect of an area of inland waters listed and described in Part 1 or Part 2 of Schedule 1 with—

(a) the district salmon fishery board, or boards, for that area; or

(b) where there is no such board for that area, the proprietors of any salmon fishery within that area.

(2) For the purposes of this regulation—

(a) a “conservation plan” means a plan setting out the objectives, priorities and management measures with respect to—

(i) the management of salmon fisheries in that area; and

(ii) the conservation of salmon in that area; and

(b) “salmon” does not include any salmon produced by fish farming.