Explanatory note

In relation to the annual close time of the River Tay salmon fishery district (21st August to 4th February) this Order prescribes the period from 21st August to 31st October as the period during which fishing for salmon and sea trout by rod and line is permitted in a specified part of the district. This part comprises the catchment area of the River Eden, all other waters flowing into St Andrews Bay and the adjacent area of sea between, in the north, a line drawn due east from the eastern end of Abertay Sands and westwards from there along the ridge of the Sands to Tentsmuir Point and, in the south, the southern boundary of the salmon fishery district. Within that specified part it will be permissible to fish for salmon and sea trout by rod and line during the period in each year from 5th February to 31st October. By virtue of section 1(1) of the Salmon Act 1986 the area of the salmon fishery district extends seaward for a distance of 3 miles from mean low water springs of the coastal limits of the district and landward to include the catchment area of each river flowing directly or indirectly into the sea within those coastal limits.