Publication - Consultation paper

Salmon fishing: proposed conservation statuses for 2027 season

Published: 5 August 2026
Directorate: Marine Directorate
Topic: Marine and fisheries

Seeking your views on the proposed conservation statuses for the 2027 salmon fishing season. Submit your views by 4 September 2026.

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31 days to respond
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Closes: 5 September 2026

Supporting documents

Conservation Status: Sanda to Ythan

No individual river data is held in eight Districts. These remain in poor conservation status for 2027.

District	River Name	Outflow point	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	2027 - Proposed	Change
Sanda	No individual river data held		No data	No data	No data	No data	No data	No data	No change
Scaddle	River Scaddle	NN 0233 6853	P	P	P	P	P	Poor	No change
Shetland Islands	No individual river data held		No data	No data	No data	No data	No data	No data	No change
Shiel	Achateny and Fascadale - Achateny Water	NM 5185 7063	P	P	P	P	P	Poor	No change
Shiel	Achateny and Fascadale - Allt Fascadale	NM 4987 7069	P	P	P	P	P	Poor	No change
Shiel	River Shiel (Shielfoot)	NM 6596 7116	P	P	P	P	P	Poor	No change
Sligachan, Broadford and Portree	Broadford River	NG 6413 2362	P	P	P	P	P	Poor	No change
Sligachan, Broadford and Portree	Brogaig, Stenscholl and Kilmaluag - Kilmaluag River	NG 4387 7491	P	P	P	P	P	Poor	No change
Sligachan, Broadford and Portree	Brogaig, Stenscholl and Kilmaluag - River Brogaig	NG 4760 6848	P	P	P	P	P	Poor	No change
Sligachan, Broadford and Portree	Brogaig, Stenscholl and Kilmaluag - Stenscholl River	NG 4847 6829	P	P	P	P	P	Poor	No change
Sligachan, Broadford and Portree	Lealt River	NG 5203 6046	M	P	P	P	P	Poor	No change
Sligachan, Broadford and Portree	River Sligachan	NG 4908 3044	P	P	P	P	P	Poor	No change
Sligachan, Broadford and Portree	Varragill River	NG 4766 4122	G	M	P	P	P	Poor	No change
Small Isles	No individual river data held		No data	No data	No data	No data	No data	No data	No change
Snizort	Drynoch and Eynort - Eynort River	NG 3810 2644	P	P	P	P	P	Poor	No change
Snizort	Drynoch and Eynort - River Drynoch	NG 4062 3140	P	P	P	P	P	Poor	No change
Snizort	Fhionnairigh, Scavaig and Ant-Statha Mhoir - Abhainn Camas Fhionnairigh	NG 5096 1880	P	P	P	P	P	Poor	No change
Snizort	Fhionnairigh, Scavaig and Ant-Statha Mhoir - Scavaig River	NG 4874 1949	P	P	P	P	P	Poor	No change
Snizort	Fhionnairigh, Scavaig and Ant-Statha Mhoir - Ant-Statha Mhoir	NG 5642 2239	P	P	P	P	P	Poor	No change
Snizort	Hinnisdal - River Hinnisdal	NG 3828 5755	P	P	P	G	M	Poor	Declined
Snizort	Snizort and Ose - River Ose	NG 3137 4063	M	M	M	M	M	Moderate	No change
Snizort	Snizort and Ose - River Snizort	NG 4137 4878	M	M	M	M	M	Moderate	No change
South Esk	River South Esk SAC	NO 6753 5771	M	M	M	M	M	Poor	Declined
Spey	River Spey SAC	NJ 3439 6567	G	G	G	G	G	Good	No change
Stinchar	River Stinchar	NX 0810 8166	M	P	P	P	P	Poor	No change
Strathy	River Strathy	NC 8346 6578	P	P	P	P	P	Poor	No change
Sunart	Carnoch River	NM 8352 6071	P	P	P	P	P	Poor	No change
Tay	River Earn	NO 1980 1865	P	P	P	P	P	Poor	No change
Tay	River Eden	NO 4519 1919	P	P	P	P	P	Poor	No change
Tay	River Tay SAC	NO 1970 1888	G	G	G	G	G	Good	No change
Thurso	River Thurso SAC	ND 1176 6817	G	G	G	G	G	Good	No change
Torridon	River Torridon	NG 8995 5510	P	P	P	P	P	Poor	No change
Tweed	River Tweed SAC	NU 0010 5228	G	G	G	G	G	Good	No change
Ugie	River Ugie	NK 1217 4739	P	P	P	P	P	Poor	No change
Ullapool	Ullapool River	NH 1233 9469	M	P	P	M	M	Poor	Declined
Urr	Urr Water	NX 8362 5458	M	M	P	P	P	Poor	No change
Wick	Wick River	ND 3623 5089	G	G	G	G	M	Moderate	No change
Ythan	River Ythan	NK 0063 2441	P	P	P	P	P	Poor	No change

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Mail: SalmonandRecreationalFisheries@gov.scot

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Conservation Status: Sanda to Ythan

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