Salmon fishing: proposed conservation status for 2027 season
Overview
We are seeking views on the proposed conservation statuses of Scottish salmon stocks for the 2027 fishing season.
Read the consultation paper. The consultation paper contains full background information for this consultation. You may find it useful to read or refer to while responding.
Consultation questions preview
The consultation questions are included here for your reference. Please click 'Begin consultation' at the bottom of this page to proceed.
Q.1. Do you agree with the proposed changes for the 2027 season?
Q.2. Please indicate your particular area of interest in the conservation assessment.
Q.3. If you are mainly interested in a specific region, district, river or area please specify your area(s) of interest. You can use the examples below to help describe your area.
Q.4. Do you have any concerns about missing or incorrect data, such as catch returns or fish counter information, for your area(s) of interest?
Q.5. Do you foresee the changes to the conservation status having an impact on you or your business?
Q.6. Do you have any concerns about being financially impacted by the proposed conservation status?
Q.7. What, if any, information did we not provide that would have been helpful in preparing an informed response to this consultation?
Q.8. Do you have any further comments that you wish to add?
Useful information about responding to this consultation
As you complete your response, each page will provide the option to 'Save and come back later' at the bottom. This means you can save your progress and return to the consultation at any time before it closes. If you don't use this feature and leave the consultation midway through, your response will be lost.
Once you have submitted your response, you can enter your email address to get a pdf copy of your answers sent to you.
On the 'About You' page at the end of this consultation, organisations will have the opportunity to tell us more about their work and/or how their response was informed.
After the consultation has closed there will be a few months delay before any responses are published. This is because we must check any responses to be published abide by our Terms of Use.
All relevant submitted responses will be analysed. This may be carried out by third party organisations who Scottish Government, its executive agencies or non-ministerial offices, contract to do this work. Such data sharing will be governed by appropriate contractual arrangements to keep your data secure.
An analysis report will usually be published some months after the consultation has closed. This report will summarise the findings based on all responses submitted. It will be published on the Scottish Government website and you may be notified about it if you choose to share your email address with us.
You can also join our consultation mailing list where we regularly list newly published analysis reports (as well as new consultations).
Why your views matter
Your views inform the process of finalising the conservation statuses for the 2027 fishing season, which are used in the annual amendment to The Conservation of Salmon (Scotland) Regulations 2016.
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