Under article 47 of The Scotland Act 1998 (River Tweed) Order 2006, which came into force in November 2006, it is now an offence for any person to introduce fish, or the eggs or spawn of fish, into the inland waters of the Tweed District without the prior, written consent of the Commission.

The River Tweed Commission is anxious to make the process of consent on Tweed as transparent and straightforward as possible and has adopted the attached policy for the regulation of stocking which it will implement in considering applications for consents. The essence of the policy is that that there should be no further stocking of “open” waters i.e. the River and tributaries and that any stocking to ponds should only be to those which are properly screened, so that fish cannot escape to the River, and that they should only be of fish that cannot breed.

Those wishing to stock and who comply with this policy should complete the form below which and return it the Commission.

The Policy (pdf 281 kb) of the Commission on the introuctions of fish to Tweed Waters.

Application form (pdf 62k) for consent to introduce stock to Tweed Waters.

Map of Tweed and Eye District (pdf 355k) as defined by the Order (above) and to which the policy applies.