Tagging Rules

TAGGING KILLED SALMON

Aberdeenshire Council supports the Don District Salmon Fishery Board's Conservation Policy. Where anglers on the Council's fishings wish to kill a salmon or grilse, it must be in accordance with the conservation measures in the permit conditions and  such fish must immediately be fitted with one of the unique numbered security tags supplied with the angling permit . Anyone purchasing a salmon, sea-trout and brown trout combined angling permit on-line must do so at least five working days in advance of the date of fishing if they wish to receive salmon tag(s).

Please note - No salmon or grilse may be killed prior to 1st June. Only fish under 6.35 kgs (14 lbs) or 83 cm (33 inches) in length may be killed.

       TAGGING RULES

• Anyone killing a salmon or grilse on the Council's Don and Ury fishings may do so only in accordance with the above Conservation Policy. As soon as a fish is killed, it must be fitted with one of the security tags supplied with the permit. The tag must be closed such that it forms a permanent, secure loop which passes through the fish's gills and out of its mouth. Each tag may be used once only. Any person on the Council's fishings, in  possession of a salmon or grilse which is not fitted securely, with an undamaged tag, will : have their permit revoked immediately, be banned from Council fishings for the following two seasons and forfeit the fish.
• Tags are not transferable. Any person found to have given or otherwise having disposed of a tag or tags to another will have their permit revoked immediately and be banned from Council fishings for the following two seasons.
• Any person found to be using another's tag will have their permit revoked immediately and be banned from the Council's fishings for the following two seasons.
• Date of kill and number of tag applied must be recorded on the angler's permit within 24 hrs. Any person failing to do this will have their permit revoked and be banned from the Council's fishings for the following season.
• All unused tags must be returned, by post to the address below, together with full catch details, within 48 hrs. of the expiry of the angling permit. Any person failing to comply will be banned from the Council's fishings for the remainder of that season and for the following season.
• Any person in breach of the above sanctions or found to have repeated a tagging offence would face a life ban from the Council's fishings.

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