http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2016/391/article/3/madeThe Tweed Regulation (Salmon Conservation) (No. 2) Order 2016enKing's Printer for Scotland2017-03-08CONSTITUTIONAL LAWDEVOLUTION, SCOTLANDRIVER, SCOTLANDRIVER, ENGLAND AND WALES This Order makes provision to regulate the taking of salmon in the Tweed district. The Tweed district is defined in article 2 of the Scotland Act 1998 (River Tweed) Order 2006 (“the 2006 Order”). This Order places the Scottish Ministers under a duty to make, or make arrangements for, an assessment of the conservation status of salmon in the areas within the district described in article 2(1). Article 4 provides that the Scottish Ministers may agree a conservation plan with the River Tweed Commission. 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.