More protection for Highland salmon
More salmon protection measures are being introduced.
Early-running spring salmon are being further covered through mandatory catch and release measures.
The measures, which come into force before the start of the 2015 season and will run for five years, have been introduced following the statutory 28 day consultation which concluded earlier this month.
They have been designed to protect the currently low levels of spring salmon in Scotland.
Scottish Fisheries Secretary Richard Lochhead said: “The Scottish Government places a high value on conservation of our wild Scottish salmon and other wild fish stocks.
“While I recognise the tremendous contribution that catch and release and the voluntary cessation of netting have had in previous seasons, I think more should be done to provide certainty about the protection of spring stocks.
