The Annual Close Time (Permitted Periods of Fishing) (River Dee (Aberdeenshire) Salmon Fishery District) Order 2012

Periods permitted to fish for and take salmon by rod and line within the annual close time

2.—(1) Paragraph (2) applies to the part of the River Dee (Aberdeenshire) salmon fishery district comprising the River Dee(1).

(2) The periods prescribed within the annual close time for salmon(2) when it is permitted to fish for and take salmon by rod and line are—

(a) in 2012, 1st to 15th October 2012; and

(b) in each subsequent year, 1st February to 10th February and 27th August to 15th October,

all dates inclusive.

(1)

The limits of the District of the River Dee (Aberdeenshire) are defined in the Byelaw made by the Commissioners appointed under the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Acts 1862 to 1868 dated 24th December 1862 which was enacted as Schedule A to the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1868 (c.123). An illustrative map showing the extent of the River Dee and its tributaries is appended to the Explanatory Note to this Order.

(2)

The period of the annual close time for salmon for the River Dee (Aberdeenshire) salmon fishery district is from 27th August to 10th February, both dates inclusive, by virtue of the District of the River Dee (Aberdeenshire) (Annual Close Time) Order 1950 (S.I. 1950/229 (s.18)), as read with the provisions referred to in section 37(2)(b) of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 15). In addition, the Annual Close Time (River Dee (Aberdeenshire) Salmon Fishery District) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1499 (“the 1989 Order”) prescribes 27th August to 31st October as the period during the close time when it is permitted to fish for or take salmon by rod and line in that part of the district described in the schedule to the 1989 Order (River Carron and the River Cowie).