Collection
Otter licences
Licences for activities affecting otters, a protected species.
Find out how otters are protected, including surveys.
Licences to possess, sell or capture otters
- European protected species: apply for a licence to possess them (A37 and LR37)
- Licence to possess plants and animals for scientific purposes (CL01)
- Licence to sell animal specimens taken before October 1981 (CL07)
- Licence to sell protected plants and animals (A38 and LR38)
- Otters: licence to capture and transport those trapped in fisheries to prevent damage (CL36)
- Protected animals: licence for taxidermists to own dead animals (GL02)
- Wild animals: licence for individuals to possess specimens (CL06)
- Wild birds and animals: licence to possess samples (GL10)
Licences to survey or research otters
Otter mitigation licences
Published 6 October 2014