FISH (INCLUDING LIVE EGGS) WHOSE KEEPING OR RELEASE IN SCOTLAND IS PROHIBITED
Scottish Statutory Instrument 2003 No. 560 The Prohibition of Keeping
or Release of Live Fish (Specified species) (Scotland) Order 2003
SCHEDULE 1 Article 3
| Common name |
Scientific name |
| Asp |
Aspius aspius |
| Barbel |
Barbus species (excluding the native Barbus barbus) |
| Bass (including Striped Bass, White Bass and their crosses e.g. Hybrid Striped Bass) |
Morone species |
| Bighead Carp |
Hypophthalmichthys nobilis |
| Bitterling |
Rhodeus sericeus/Rhodeus amarus |
| Blacknose Dace |
Rhinichthys atratulus |
| Blageon |
Leuciscus souffia |
| Blue bream |
Abramis ballerus |
| Blue Sucker |
Cycleptus elongatus |
| Burbot |
Lota lota |
| Catfish |
Ictalurus, Ameiurus and Silurus species |
| Char |
Salvelinus species (excluding the native Salvelinus alpinus) |
| Chinese Black or Snail-eating Carp |
Myopharyngodon piceus |
| Chinese Sucker, Zebra Hi Fin, Banded Shark, Banded Sucker |
Myxocyprinus asiaticus |
| Common White Sucker |
Catostomus commersoni |
| Danubian Bleak |
Chalcalburnus chalcoides |
| Danubian Salmon & Taimen |
Hucho species |
| Eastern Mudminnow |
Umbra pygmaea |
| European Mudminnow |
Umbra krameri |
| Fathead Minnow or Roseyreds |
Pimephales promelas |
| Freshwater Minnow, Dragon Fish or Pale Chub |
Zacco platypus |
| Grass Carp |
Ctenopharyngodon idella |
| Landlocked Salmon |
Non migratory varieties of the species Salmo salar |
| Largemouth Bass |
Micropterus salmoides |
| Marbled Trout |
Salmo marmoratus |
| Nase |
Chondrostoma nasus |
| Northern Redbelly Dace or Common Minnow |
Phoxinus/Chrosomus eos |
| Pacific Salmon and Pacific Trout |
Oncorhynchus species (excluding Oncorhynchus mykiss and Oncorhynchus kisutch) |
| Paddlefish |
Polyodon and Psephurus species |
| Perch |
Perca species (excluding the native Perca fluviatilis) |
| Pike |
Esox species (excluding the native Esox lucius) |
| Red Shiner |
Cyprinella/Notropis lutrensis |
| Rock Bass |
Ambloplites rupestris |
| Ruffe |
Gymnocephalus cernuus |
| Schneider |
Alburnoides bipunctatus |
| Silver Carp |
Hypophthalmichthys molitrix |
| Small Mouth Bass |
Micropterus dolomieu |
| Snakehead |
Channa species |
| Southern Redbelly Dace or Common Minnow |
Phoxinus/Chrosomus erythrogaster |
| Sturgeon or Sterlet |
Acipenser, Huso, Pseudoscaphirhynchus and Scaphirhynchus species |
| Sunbleak, Sundace, Belica or Motherless Minnow |
Leucaspius delineatus |
| Sunfish, Pumpkinseed, Basses, Crapies or Bluegills |
Lepomis species |
| Topmouth gudgeon |
Pseudorasbora parva |
| Toxostome or French Nase |
Chondrostoma toxostoma |
| Vimba |
Vimba vimba |
| Weatherfish |
Misgurnus fossilis |
| Whitefish |
Coregonus species (excluding the native Coregonus lavaretus and Coregonus albula) |
SCHEDULE 2
Article 3
SPECIES OF FISH (INCLUDING LIVE EGGS) WHOSE KEEPING OR RELEASE IN SCOTLAND IS PROHIBITED EXCEPT UNDER AUTHORITY OF A LICENCE GRANTED BY THE SCOTTISH MINISTERS
| Common name |
Scientific name |
| Coho Salmon |
Oncorhynchus kisutch |
| Crayfish |
Freshwater decapod crustaceans of the Families Astacidae, Cambaridae or Parastacidae, (excluding Austropotamobius pallipes) |
| Pikeperch |
Stizostedion lucioperca |