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How catch limits are set and how to get involved in setting them. This includes current catch limits and closed fishing areas.
What research and consultancy services Cefas provides, what legislation you need to comply with, and how to meet those requirements.
Information on the UK's implementation of Data Collection Framework legislation (as amended in retained EU law)
Licences for activities affecting freshwater and migratory fish.
All references to Area VII are to Area VII within British Fishery Limits only. Details of the approach to managing the over 15 metre Area VII crab and scallop fishing sector to keep the fishery within UK effort limits.
Find out which Environment Agency locks and weirs you can fish at, the licences and permits you need and when you can fish.
Guide to the rules and regulations to know before performing sea-fishing activities to supply aquariums and zoos.
Guidance by the Fish Health Inspectorate and Environment Agency: run a fish or shellfish farm, move live fish or shellfish or hold non-native species.
How food shops, manufacturers, and distributors must dispose of or handle former foodstuffs or food waste.
Find out how to export live fish, molluscs and crustaceans for farming, ornamental, or any other purpose except direct human consumption
What you must do when you keep livestock or manage land.
Use the EXP1 form to inform the Fish Health Inspectorate about an export of live fish or shellfish.
You can apply to lease extra quota from a producer organisation (PO), to supplement your catch limits or to keep fishing a stock where the 10-metres-and-under or non-sector pool allocation has been used.
Information on the different types of commercial fishing vessel licences.
How fishing is assessed and managed in marine protected areas (MPA)
Rules and processes for exporting and importing wild-caught marine fish to and from the EU and to other countries that require fish export documentation.
Steps and requirements on how to register a fishing vessel
Details of how to manage your effort in the Cod Recovery Zone, Sole Recovery Zone and Western Waters.
Information on Biosecurity Measures Plans, their importance, and why they are a requirement of Authorisation. Use this page to access standardised BMP modules.
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