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(1)The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State shall, as soon as practicable after the end of the period of three years beginning with the passing of this Act, prepare a report which, in the context of the need to ensure—
(a)that sufficient salmon return to spawn in the rivers wholly or partly situated in the areas and districts specified in subsection (3) below; and
(b)that fishing for salmon by means of nets is properly managed in those areas and districts,
reviews the nature and extent of all such fishing in those areas and districts.
(2)A copy of the report prepared under subsection (1) above shall be laid before each House of Parliament.
(3)The areas and districts referred to in subsection (1) above are the areas of the Yorkshire and Northumbrian water authorities and the salmon fishery districts from the River Forth to the River Ugie, the River Tweed being deemed for the purposes of this section to be included in those areas and districts.
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