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

Regulation 2 substitutes schedule 2 (inland waters: prohibition on retaining salmon) of the principal Regulations, which 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 these Regulations 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.