Collection

Otter licences

Licences for activities affecting otters, a protected species.

Published 6 October 2014

• From: Natural England and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Find out how otters are protected, including surveys.

Licences to possess, sell or capture otters

1. European protected species: apply for a licence to possess them (A37 and LR37)
   • 17 April 2018
   • Form
2. Licence to possess plants and animals for scientific purposes (CL01)
   • 1 January 2019
   • Form
3. Licence to sell animal specimens taken before October 1981 (CL07)
   • 1 January 2019
   • Form
4. Licence to sell protected plants and animals (A38 and LR38)
   • 17 July 2015
   • Form
5. Otters: licence to capture and transport those trapped in fisheries to prevent damage (CL36)
   • 15 January 2019
   • Form
6. Protected animals: licence for taxidermists to own dead animals (GL02)
   • 1 January 2019
   • Form
7. Wild animals: licence for individuals to possess specimens (CL06)
   • 1 January 2019
   • Form
8. Wild birds and animals: licence to possess samples (GL10)
   • 1 January 2019
   • Form

Licences to survey or research otters

1. Protected species licences for survey, research or conservation work (A29 and A30)
   • 4 August 2015
   • Form

Otter mitigation licences

1. Otters: apply for a mitigation licence (A45)
   • 6 September 2018
   • Form

Published 6 October 2014