Assynt - Coigach Area Protection Order 2004 (S.S.I. No. 260 of 2004). Country/Territory United Kingdom Territorial subdivision Scotland Document type Regulation Date 2004 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Fisheries Keyword Inland fisheries Fishery management and conservation Fishing area Fishing authorization Offences/penalties Authorization/permit Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Entry into force notes Coming into force on 4 June 2004. Abstract This Order prohibits the fishing for or taking of freshwater fish in inland waters in the prescribed area without legal right or written permission from a person having such a right (art. 3). The map annexed to and forming part of this note illustrates the area in which the Order applies. Section 1(8) of the Freshwater and Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1976 provides that any person who contravenes a prohibition in a protection order is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale. Full text English Website www.opsi.gov.uk