Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975

Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to consolidate the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1923 and certain other enactments relating to salmon and freshwater fisheries, and to repeal certain obsolete enactments relating to such fisheries.
Citation	1975 c. 51
Dates
Royal assent	1 August 1975
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975 (c. 51) is a law passed by the government of the United Kingdom in an attempt to protect salmon and trout from commercial poaching, to protect migration routes, to prevent willful vandalism and neglect of fisheries, ensure correct licensing and water authority approval. This helps to sustain the rural inland freshwater fisheries industry, which employs around 37,000 people in the UK.^[1]