fionajohn Posted May 26, 2012 Report Share Posted May 26, 2012 how many people know the laws on flotsam and jetsam i would like the tourist board to specify that any material above the high water mark is the property of the salvor and should not be removed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenman Posted May 26, 2012 Report Share Posted May 26, 2012 http://www.diffen.com/difference/Flotsam_vs_Jetsam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frances144 Posted May 26, 2012 Report Share Posted May 26, 2012 What has it got to do with the Tourist Board? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizzyKipper Posted May 26, 2012 Report Share Posted May 26, 2012 Think I recall seeing it on a tourist site that items above the high water mark shouldn't be removed. I always thought that was a Shetland peculiarity, rather than any proper law. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rasmie Posted May 26, 2012 Report Share Posted May 26, 2012 i doot its no da toories giens wi da best wrack. anything washed up should go to the Receiver of Wrecks (is dat HM Customs?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorrie Posted May 26, 2012 Report Share Posted May 26, 2012 how many people know the laws on flotsam and jetsam i would like the tourist board to specify that any material above the high water mark is the property of the salvor and should not be removed Sounds like a demand to me. Why should you demand that the Tourist Board pontificate on your behalf on a subject that has effall to do with them? (and why do I get the impression this is nothing more than a crude rant against an individual put into a broader domain.......?) [edit] and why rant on here if you're targetting the Toorist Board Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest posiedon Posted May 26, 2012 Report Share Posted May 26, 2012 how many people know the laws on flotsam and jetsam i would like the tourist board to specify that any material above the high water mark is the property of the salvor and should not be removedFlotsam is wreckage or cargo floating in the sea maybe following an accident, jetsam is stuff deliberately thrown overboard (for whatever reason) jettisoned I fail to see how either could be found above the high water mark, did you mean low water mark? As has been already said, what's got got to do with the tourist board? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lerwick Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 This could be a job for Stuart Hill i dont know how it stands with udal law?You could also get Bell and his clangers on the case ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EM Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 I fail to see how either could be found above the high water mark, ...That is the whole point. Stuff which is there is likely to have been moved there, hence the OP's comment. In practical terms the high water mark isn't as relevant as the banks broo. At one time this was pretty basic stuff locally, but times have changed and toories certainly don't seem to have much experience of such matters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crofter Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 I fail to see how either could be found above the high water mark, did you mean low water mark? Well, if something is below the high water mark, it is yours to salvage, but if it is above the high water mark, it has already been recovered - by someone else, and should be left alone. I guess the OP has maybe had some scran removed by tourists? I have seen piles of saved wood disappear - burned on a beach bonfire - but whether that was by tourists or ignorant locals I do not know. http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Boatingandtravellingbywater/Keepingsafeatthecoast/DG_186009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crofter Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 At one time this was pretty basic stuff locally, but times have changed and toories certainly don't seem to have much experience of such matters. I saw one camper van last year with a dozen or so trawl net floats on the roofrack and did wonder.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gafynandrew Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 I thought if something had a bit of rope tied around it then it was 'tagged' and couldn't be taken by anyone else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clanchief Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 All arund the banks you can see stuff laid-up 50+ years ago and now rotting and overgrown with grass - the same as the person who laid it up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulb Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 All arund the banks you can see stuff laid-up 50+ years ago and now rotting and overgrown with grass - the same as the person who laid it up!not very nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorrie Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 I fail to see how either could be found above the high water mark, did you mean low water mark? Well, if something is below the high water mark, it is yours to salvage, but if it is above the high water mark, it has already been recovered - by someone else, and should be left alone. I guess the OP has maybe had some scran removed by tourists? I have seen piles of saved wood disappear - burned on a beach bonfire - but whether that was by tourists or ignorant locals I do not know. http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Boatingandtravellingbywater/Keepingsafeatthecoast/DG_186009 Well, if someone has gone to the trouble of dragging the dead whale/fishbox/UXB off the beach and then leaves it, my attitude would be "thanks for doing the hard work fer me" Into the back of the pickup it goes...... Move it or lose it. Easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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