The Assynt - Coigach Area Protection Order 2004
| Jurisdiction | Scotland |
| Citation | SSI 2004/260 |
| Year | 2004 |
2004 No. 260
RIVER, SCOTLANDSALMON AND FRESHWATER FISHERIES
The Assynt – Coigach Area Protection Order 2004
Made 3rd June 2004
Coming into force 4th June 2004
The Scottish Ministers, having received relevant proposals, having taken into consideration the need for conservation, having been satisfied that there will be a significant increase in the availability of fishing for freshwater fish in the area to be prescribed in the following Order and that such fishing will be available in that area to a degree and on such terms and conditions as they consider reasonable, having carried out all necessary consultations, having directed publication of the proposals and having considered all representations and objections duly made and not withdrawn, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1 of, as read with Schedule 1 to, the Freshwater and Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 19761and all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:
Citation, commencement and duration
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Assynt – Coigach Area Protection Order 2004 and shall come into force on 4th June 2004.
(2) This Order shall cease to have effect on 7th October 2006.
Interpretation
2. In this Order–
“freshwater fish” has the same meaning as in section 24(1) of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Protection) (Scotland) Act 19512; and
“the map” means the map marked “Area of the Assynt – Coigach Area Protection Order 2004”, signed on behalf of the Scottish Ministers and deposited in the office of the Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department, Pentland House, Robb’s Loan, Edinburgh.
Prohibition of fishing
3. Fishing for, or taking, freshwater fish in the inland waters in the area prescribed in article 4 without legal right or without written permission from a person having such right is prohibited.
Prescribed area
4. The prescribed area, which lies in Highland Region, is the catchment areas of–
(a) all rivers which enter the sea on the west coast of Scotland between, in the north, a point immediately to the south of the Unapool Burn where it enters the sea and, in the south, a point immediately to the south of the River Runnie where it enters the sea; and
(b) all rivers which enter the sea on the east coast of Scotland between, in the north, a point immediately to the north of the River Oykel...
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