Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order creates a new salmon fishery district, to be known as the Caithness Salmon Fishery District, by amalgamating the salmon fishery districts of Forss, Thurso, Wick, Dunbeath and Berriedale (which are abolished) along with the island of Stroma (article 2 and Schedule 1).
Article 3 provides for the retention of regulations relating to matters specified in section 6(6) of the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1862 (for example due observance of the weekly close time and the meshes of nets) which applied in the superseded districts. These will apply in the new district.
Article 4 and Schedule 2 provide that the annual close time for the new district is from 27th August to 10th February in each year, and that the period in each year within that close time when rod and line fishing only is permitted is–
from 27th August to 31st October, in the case of the Forss, Wick and Berriedale areas;
from 27th August to 5th October and from 11th January to 10th February, in the case of the Thurso and Stroma area; and
from 27th August to 15th October, in the case of the Dunbeath area.