Spey Final Response to the Wild Fisheries Reform Bill Consultation

Dr Aileen McLeod, Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform announced a consultation on draft provisions for a Wild Fisheries (Scotland) Bill and a draft Wild Fisheries Strategy on the 8th February 2016.

The Spey Board and the Spey Foundation carefully considered a joint response to this and consulted widely upon it. This included presenting it to a Public Meeting in Aberlour on the 19^th April, before submitting it to the Government in time for its deadline for responses of 2^nd May 2016.

The consultation document can be viewed and downloaded here and a copy of the Spey response is available to read here.