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The Conon Salmon Fishery District Designation Order 1995

S.I. 1995/2193 · Made 18 August 1995

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RIVER, SCOTLAND

SALMON AND FRESHWATER FISHERIES

Made 18th August 1995

Coming into force 22nd September 1995

The Secretary of State, on application to him by Conon District Salmon Fishery Board, having consulted and given notice in accordance with Schedule 1 to the Salmon Act 1986f1 and there being no objections or representations duly made, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 1(2) and 2(1) of, and Schedule 1 to, that Act and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1986 c. 62.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Designation of area of district
  3. 3Application of regulations
  4. 4Annual close time
  5. Signature
  6. Schedule 1DESCRIPTION OF DESIGNATED AREA
  7. Schedule 2: REGULATIONS APPLIED TO THE DISTRICT DESIGNATED BY THIS ORDER IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2(2) OF THE SALMON ACT 1986
  8. 1Regulations made under section 3 of the Salmon Act 1986
  9. 2Regulations made under section 3 of the Salmon Act 1986
  10. 3Regulations made under the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Acts 1862 to 1868 as respects the matters specified in section 6(6) of the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1862
  11. 4Regulations made under the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Acts 1862 to 1868 as respects the matters specified in section 6(6) of the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1862
  12. 5Regulations made under the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Acts 1862 to 1868 as respects the matters specified in section 6(6) of the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1862
  13. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Conon Salmon Fishery District Designation Order 1995 and shall come into force on 22nd September 1995.

2Designation of area of district

(1)

The area described in Schedule 1 to this Order is designated as the salmon fishery district to be known as the Conon Salmon Fishery District.

(2)

The existing Conon Salmon Fishery District, being superseded by the district designated by this Order, is abolished.

3Application of regulations

The regulations specified in Schedule 2 to this Order shall apply to the district designated by article 2 above.

4Annual close time

The annual close time for the district designated by this Order shall be the period from 27th August to 10th February, both dates inclusive, in each year and the period within that time when it is permitted to fish for and take salmon by rod and line shall be the period from 27th August to 30th September, both dates inclusive, in each year.

Signature

D R Dickson

Assistant Secretary, Scottish Office

Chesser House West,

Edinburgh

18th August 1995

Schedule 1DESCRIPTION OF DESIGNATED AREA

The catchment area of each river which flows directly or indirectly into the sea between, in the North, Ordnance Survey Grid Reference NH 9505 8779 (“Tarbat Ness”) and, in the South, Ordnance Survey Grid Reference NH 8124 6704 (“South Sutar Stack”), together with the adjacent area of sea extending seaward for 3 miles from mean low water springs; but excluding therefrom the area of the Alness Salmon Fishery District, that is to say, the catchment area of each river which flows directly or indirectly into the Cromarty Firth between, in the West, Ordnance Survey Grid Reference NH 6255 6528 (“Balconie Point”) and, in the East, Ordnance Survey Grid Reference NH 7961 6870 (“the slipway at Nigg Ferry”) together with the adjacent part of that Firth lying within a line drawn due South from Balconie Point to the mid-line of the Firth at high water, thence Eastwards following that mid-line to the point where it intersects a line drawn due North from Ordnance Survey Grid Reference NH 7095 6718 (“Newhall Point”) and thence in a straight line to the slipway at Nigg Ferry.

1Regulations made under section 3 of the Salmon Act 1986

Part II of the Salmon (Definition of Methods of Net Fishing and Construction of Nets) (Scotland) Regulations 1992f1.

2Regulations made under section 3 of the Salmon Act 1986

The Salmon (Fish Passes and Screens) (Scotland) Regulations 1994f1.

3Regulations made under the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Acts 1862 to 1868 as respects the matters specified in section 6(6) of the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1862

Byelaw made by the Commissioners appointed under the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Acts 1862 to 1868 dated 11th January and 19th April, 1864 with respect to the due observance of the weekly close timef1.

4Regulations made under the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Acts 1862 to 1868 as respects the matters specified in section 6(6) of the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1862

Byelaw made by the said Commissioners dated 18th April and 19th July, 1865 with respect to the construction and use of cruivesf1.

5Regulations made under the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Acts 1862 to 1868 as respects the matters specified in section 6(6) of the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1862

Byelaw made by the said Commissioners dated 29th April and 19th July, 1865 with respect to the construction and alteration of mill dams or lades, or water wheelsf1.

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order designates the area described in Schedule 1 as a salmon fishery district to be known as the Conon Salmon Fishery District (article 2(1) and Schedule 1) and abolishes the existing Conon Salmon Fishery District which is superseded by it (article 2(2)).

The Order applies those regulations made under section 3 of the Salmon Act 1986 and under the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Acts 1862 to 1868 as respects the matters specified in section 6(6) of the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1862, set out in Schedule 2 to this Order, to the district designated (article 3 and Schedule 2).

The Order makes provision for the annual close time and for the period during which fishing for and taking salmon by rod and line is permitted (article 4).