3.—(1) No person may retain any salmon caught in any coastal waters in the Tweed district.
(2) No person may retain any salmon caught in any inland waters in the Tweed district except for any salmon caught in the area described in article 2(1)(a).
(3) This article does not apply where a salmon is retained—
(a)for a purpose mentioned in article 48(1)(a) of the Scotland Act 1998 (River Tweed) Order 2006 (exemption from certain offences 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.
(4) For the purposes of this article—
“coastal waters” means waters other than inland waters; and
“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.