Regulation 9 Records

(1)

Any person who, by virtue of regulation 3(1), is required to tag the carcass of a salmon, must keep, for each week in which salmon is taken, a record of—

(a)

the total number of the carcasses of salmon which have been tagged with a salmon tag;

(b)

the unique reference number of any salmon tags affixed to the carcasses of salmon;

(c)

the salmon fishery within which the salmon was taken;

(d)

the unique reference number of any damaged salmon tags which cannot be affixed in accordance with regulation 4;

(e)

any salmon tags which have been lost.

(2)

A record kept under paragraph (1) must be submitted to the Scottish Ministers within the period of 2 weeks from the date of the start of the annual close time for the salmon fishery district, or that part of a salmon fishery district, within which the salmon was taken.

(3)

In paragraph (1) “week” means a period of 7 days commencing on a Monday and ending on a Sunday.

(4)

In paragraph (2)—

(a)

“annual close time” means the annual close time for salmon within the meaning of section 37 of the 2003 Act; and

(b)

the dates of the annual close time for a salmon fishery district, or part of a salmon fishery district, are those dates prescribed by the Conservation of Salmon (Annual Close Time and Catch and Release) (Scotland) Regulations 2014^f1 in respect of that district or part of a district.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.S.I. 2014/327 as amended by S.S.I. 2014/357.