These Regulations amend the Conservation of Salmon (Scotland) Regulations 2016 (“the principal Regulations”) which make provision to regulate the killing of salmon in specified areas.

Regulation 2(2) to (4) make minor amendments to the principal Regulations. Regulation 2(5) and (6) substitutes schedules 1 and 2 of the principal Regulations. Schedule 1 describes the areas in which Scottish Ministers must carry out, or arrange for the carrying out of, an assessment of the conservation status of salmon. Schedule 2 describes the areas of inland waters where there is a prohibition on the retention of any salmon caught.

A Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment in relation to this Order has been prepared and placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre. Copies of it can be obtained from Marine Scotland, Victoria Quay, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 6QQ and online at www.legislation.gov.uk.