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Get consent to introduce (site permit) or remove fish (excluding fish farms): application forms and rules.
Find out how to export live fish, molluscs and crustaceans for farming, ornamental, or any other purpose except direct human consumption
Rules to follow if you’re moving animals or animal products from one country to another and transiting through Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), known as ‘landbridge’ movements.
Find out how to import live fish, molluscs and crustaceans for farming, ornamental, or any other purpose except direct human consumption
How to report sheep and goat movements to the Livestock Information Service.
What you need to do to export live animals from the UK.
General licence for the movement of cattle, pigs, sheep, goats and deer
Designated land, sea and air ports for trading or moving CITES-listed endangered animals, plants, or their parts and derivatives.
Find out how to move goods, in parcels or large letters, between Great Britain and Northern Ireland using the Royal Mail Group or an express carrier.
The documents you need and the border checks your import must pass to import from non-EU countries.
When to follow Balai rules to import animals and germinal products to Great Britain from EU and non-EU countries.
Current rules for exporting horses and other equines (including ponies and donkeys) from the UK.
Rules you need to follow to export cattle, pigs, sheep, goats and poultry.
How to export or move fish for human consumption from the UK.
What a cattle movement is, what you need to do before you move cattle, and when you must not move cattle.
When fishery owners and suppliers of live fish must get a fish health check. How to arrange the check and how to report the results.
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.
Find out what you must do before you get a pet pig, how to register as a keeper and get a pig walking licence and what you can feed pet pigs.
How to report deer movements to the Livestock Information Service, including imports and exports.
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