133.Section 44(8) requires that fish sold by the Scottish Ministers must be sold at auction and under section 44(9) the owner’s views must be taken into account on the manner in which the fish should be sold. Owners may ask for fish to be sold at a particular auction or by a method of sale other than auction. The Scottish Ministers are required by virtue of section 44(11) to take such views into account unless they deem them to be unreasonable.