
1 
This Order may be cited as the Esk Salmon Fishery District Designation Order 1988 and shall come into force on 11th July 1988.
2 

(1) The area described in the Schedule to this Order is designated as a salmon fishery district to be known as the Esk Salmon Fishery District.
(2) The existing salmon fishery districts of the River Bervie, the River North Esk and the River South Esk, being salmon fishery districts superseded by the Esk Salmon Fishery District, are abolished.
3 
The general regulations made under the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Acts 1862-1868() as respects the matters specified in section 6(6) of the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1862 shall have effect in relation to the Esk Salmon Fishery District as they had effect, immediately before the coming into force of this Order, in the districts abolished by article 2(2) of this Order.
4 

(1) The annual close time for the part of the district north of a point on the coast at O.S. Grid Reference NO 825705, including the catchment area of each river flowing directly or indirectly into the sea within the district north of that point and the sea area within the district north of that point, shall commence on 10th September and terminate on 24th February in each year, and the period within that time when it is permitted to fish for and take salmon by rod and line shall extend from 10th September to 31st October in each year.
(2) The annual close time for the part of the district south of a point on the coast at O.S. Grid Reference NO 825705, including the catchment area of each river flowing directly or indirectly into the sea within the district south of that point and the sea area within the district south of that point, shall commence on 1st September and shall terminate on 15th February in each year, and the period within that time when it is permitted to fish for and take salmon by rod and line shall extend from 1st September to 31st October in each year.
I M Whitelaw
Assistant Secretary, Scottish Office
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
2nd June 1988
SCHEDULE
Article 2

The area of which the coastal limits are a point on the coast at the boundary between the parishes of Dunottar and Kineff (Ordnance Survey Grid Reference NO 880796) and a point on the coast at Red Head (Ordnance Survey Grid Reference NO 702473) and which extends seaward for three miles from mean low water springs and landward to include the catchment area of each river which flows directly or indirectly into the sea within the coastal limits aforementioned.
