HISTORY OF SALMON ACTS

1030 – EARLIEST KNOWN EDICT RESTRICTING SALMON FISHING IN SCOTLAND
1215 – MAGNA CARTA - DISMANTLE THE KING’S FISH WIERS TO PROTECT SALMON IN ENGLAND
1424 - ACT BANNING WEIRS THAT BLOCKED FISH MIGRATION AND SET CLOSED SEASON DURING SPAWNING MIGRATION
1828 – ABOVE ACT WAS REPEALED AND REPLACED WITH ‘ACT FOR THE PRESERVATION OF SALMON FISHERIES IN SCOTLAND’
RICHARD THE LIONHEARTED – KING’S GAP – Well Fed Three year old pig stand sideways in stream without touching
1429 – ACT AUTHORIZING SCOTSMEN TO POACH SALMON IN ENGLAND

1030 – EARLIEST KNOWN EDICT RESTRICTING SALMON FISHING IN SCOTLAND