Salmon fishing - proposed river gradings for 2025 season: consultation analysis

2. Consultation

2.1 Purpose and process

We sought views on the proposed river gradings for the 2025 salmon fishing season. The consultation opened on 7 August 2024 and closed on 6 September 2024. Information in support of the consultation was provided online and responses to the consultation could be submitted on Citizen Space, by email or post.

The consultation questionnaire contained eleven questions which covered the proposed river gradings for the 2025 salmon fishing season, an additional amendment of the Annan district annual close time under the Conservation of Salmon (Annual Close Time and Catch and Release) (Scotland) Regulations 2014 and any impact these proposed changes may have on respondents. Respondents were able to answer as many or as few questions as they wished.

In the following analysis, the number of respondents who held a specific view is given as a percentage of the total number (37) of respondents to the consultation unless otherwise specified.