date:Aug 27, 2014
in the start of the net fishing season.
The conservation measure would be for an initial five year period at which point it would be reviewed.
Mr Wheelhouse 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 can be done to provide certainty about the protection of spring sto