Proposals which would require all salmon anglers to obtain a licence before fishing have been dropped.
The Scottish Government also wanted quotas imposed on all rivers restricting the number of wild salmon to be taken.
The licence idea has now been dropped with plans to introduce a targeted system based on fish stocks.
Salmon fishing would be managed on an annual basis by categorising fishery districts and Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) in relation to their conservation status.
The Scottish Government has launched a revised consultation.
Angling would continue in sustainable fisheries.
Fishing outwith estuary limits would be prohibited for a period of three years followed by a review.
Steps to reduce killing of salmon will be introduced in areas where numbers may be under threat.
Fishing will be restricted to catch and release only, ending deliberate killing, where salmon are in poor conservation status.
In 2014, some 93% of rod caught spring salmon were released, as was 82% of the annual rod catch.
Environment minister Aileen McLeod said: "As a result of extensive consultation, we have moved away from the idea of an individual licensing system and will not be pursuing the introduction of any charging regime.
"We will however be introducing the concept of a conservation plan in areas where
salmon fail to achieve good conservation status.
“The marked decline in wild salmon
stocks warrants a serious response and the Scottish Government is required under
European rules to ensure our salmon fisheries are sustainable and compliant.
“Restrictions
on our fisheries are never taken lightly but action to conserve stocks is, in the
long term, essential to protect the sustainability of the communities and ecosystems
that they support."
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29 September 2015