Environmental management – collection

Otter licences

Licences for activities affecting otters, a protected species.

Contents

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

   • 17 July 2015
   • Form

2. Licence to possess plants and animals for scientific purposes

   • 1 January 2016
   • Form

3. Licence to sell animal specimens taken before October 1981

   • 1 January 2016
   • Form

4. Licence to sell protected plants and animals

   • 17 July 2015
   • Form

5. Otters: licence to capture and transport those trapped in fisheries to prevent damage

   • 26 September 2016
   • Form

6. Protected animals: licence for taxidermists to own dead animals

   • 1 January 2016
   • Form

7. Wild animals: licence for individuals to possess specimens

   • 1 January 2016
   • Form

8. Wild birds and animals: licence to possess samples

   • 1 January 2016
   • Form

Licences to survey or research otters

1. Survey, research or conservation licences for protected species

   • 4 August 2015
   • Form

Otter mitigation licences

1. Otters: apply for a mitigation licence

   • 16 July 2015
   • Form

• Published: 6 October 2014

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