Prohibition on retaining salmon3.

(1)

No person may retain any salmon caught in any coastal waters in the Tweed district.

(2)

This article does not apply where a salmon is retained—

(a)

for a purpose mentioned in article 48(1)(a) of the principal Order (exemption for certain offences in respect of acts done for scientific and other purposes: salmon) and permission to take the salmon has been granted in accordance with article 48(1)(b) of that Order; or

(b)

within, and in the course of the operation of, a fish farm.

(3)

For the purposes of this article—

“coastal waters” means waters other than inland waters4;

“the principal Order” means the Scotland Act 1998 (River Tweed) Order 2006;

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