# The Salmon Carcass Tagging (Scotland) Regulations 2016, 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 in respect of that district or part of a district.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2016/116/regulation/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/salmon-carcass-tagging-scotland-regulations-2016/regulation-9
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