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Prevent fish or shellfish diseases

From:
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, and Environment Agency
Part of:
Aquatic animal health and movements guides, Fisheries and rod licensing, and Wildlife and habitat conservation
Published:
16 May 2014
Last updated:
20 July 2017, see all updates
Applies to:
England and Wales

Reduce the risk of disease, find out where notifiable diseases have been found and what to do if your fish or shellfish have a disease.

Each year thousands of fish and shellfish die from disease. Recovering from an outbreak can take a long time and can be very expensive.

Serious fish and shellfish diseases

You must tell the Fish Health Inspectorate (FHI) if fish or shellfish:

Prevent the spread of disease in fish and shellfish

You can help control the spread of disease if you:

Control areas for notifiable disease outbreaks

If a notifiable disease is found, FHI puts controls in place to limit the spread of disease (these areas are known as confirmed designations).

If your fish or shellfish are in a control area you must:

  • comply with any conditions issued by FHI
  • get written permission from FHI to move fish or equipment (allow at least 5 working days)

Fish

Maps of areas with controls in place to limit the spread of spring viraemia of carp (SVC):

2017

Maps of areas with controls in place to limit the spread of koi herpesvirus (KHV):

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2010

2009

Shellfish

You can use an interactive map (Desktop. Mobile) to view shellfish disease controls across Great Britain.

Alternatively below are individual maps of control areas of each disease:

Bonamia ostreae

Oyster herpesvirus

Marteilia refringens

Contacts

Fish Health Inspectorate

Environment Agency

PO Box 544


Rotherham
Yorkshire
S60 1BY

Contents

Document information

Published: 16 May 2014

Updated: 20 July 2017

+ full page history

  1. Added East Sussed: Swanborough Fishing Lake
  2. Added details for SVC at Arden Lakes, Warwickshire
  3. Removed confirmed designations for: Gorsty Hall Fishing Lakes (Cheshire), Coopers Arms Lake and Weston Moat Fishery (Derbyshire), Frant Lakes (East Sussex), Morehall Fishery (South Yorkshire), Tin Mill Dam (South Yorkshire), Henstead Fishing Lakes (Suffolk), Crossways Business Park (Kent), Barford Lakes (Norfolk), and Willinghurst Fisheries (Surrey).
  4. Added KHV disease confirmed designation for Lodge Farm Fisheries, South Yorkshire.
  5. Added KHV disease confirmed designation for Curborough Fishery, Staffordshire
  6. Added KHV disease confirmed designation for Coppice Lane Pools, Staffordshire
  7. Added KHV disease confirmed designation for The Hunstrete Fishery, Avon
  8. Added KHV disease confirmed designation for Knightsland Farm Lake, Essex
  9. Added KHV disease confirmed designation for Melton Ponds, Norfolk
  10. Added KHV disease confirmed designation for Ash Grove Lake, Derbyshire
  11. Added KHV disease confirmed designation for Kiverton Farm Fisheries, South Yorkshire
  12. Added KHV disease confirmed designation for Five House Farm Reservoir, Hertfordshire
  13. Added a revised oyster herpesvirus confirmed designation which covers Kent and Essex.
  14. Added KHV disease confirmed designation for Thorpe Lea Fishery, Surrey
  15. Added KHV disease confirmed designation for Fields Farm Fishery, Cheshire
  16. Added KHV disease confirmed designation for Portland Fishing Lakes, Nottinghamshire
  17. Added KHV disease confirmed designation for Jacobs Water, Nottinghamshire
  18. Added KHV disease confirmed designation for Bells Mill Fisheries, West Midlands
  19. Added designation for Manea Pit, Cambridgeshire
  20. Added confirmation note for Frisby Water Park, Leicestershire
  21. Added designation note for Packington Somers Fishery
  22. Added the confirmation for Cromwell Lake, Cambridgeshire
  23. Added confirmation details for Ferens Lake, East Yorkshire
  24. Added KHV disease confirmed designations for Mallory Park Fishery, Leicestershire, and Hayfield Fishery, South Yorkshire
  25. Added KHV confirmed designation for Heron Pond, Nottinghamshire
  26. Added KHV confirmed designation for Corner House Farm Lake, Staffordshire
  27. Updated all confirmed designations for Oyster herpesvirus and Bonamia ostreae with a new condition.
  28. Added KHV disease confirmed designation for Fleetwood Reservoir, Lancashire
  29. Add KHV disease confirmed designations for Aston Park, South Yorkshire, and The Barns, Cornwall
  30. Added KHV disease confirmed designation for Albert Park Lake, North Yorkshire
  31. Added KHV disease confirmed designation for Bierley Woods Waters, West Yorkshire
  32. Added KHV confirmed designation for The Glebe Lakes, Leicestershire
  33. Removed KHV confirmed designation for Maidenhead Aquatics, Greater London
  34. Added KHV confirmed designations for Greater London and Lincolnshire
  35. CD03/2016 added
  36. CD02/2016
  37. CD01/2016 - site no longer under any official disease controls
  38. New KHV confirmed designation: Shuttleworth College Fish Farm, Bedfordshire
  39. Confirmed designations for KHV removed on Whitevane Pond, Jeagor Farm, Boat Shed Pool, Ferens Lake, Brocket Hall, Noak Hill Fishery, and The Duckery
  40. Added confirmed designation for Oyster herpesvirus at River Teign, Devon
  41. Revised Bonamia ostreae confirmed designations
  42. Added extension to Oyster Herpesvirus Confirmed Designation in Kent
  43. Added KHV disease confirmed designation for Ellis Lake Fishery, Essex. Added conditions to the confirmed designation for Marteilia.
  44. Added KHV disease confirmed designations for Lake Ross, Woodlands Fishery, and Bourne Farm Pond in Lincolnshire
  45. Added KHV disease confirmed designation for Thornborough Pond, Northumberland
  46. Added KHV confirmed designation for Washing Pool, Worcestershire
  47. Amended Oyster herpesvirus confirmed designation in Kent
  48. Added KHV confirmed designation for Railway Lakes, Cambridgeshire
  49. New KHV outbreak confirmed in West Yorkshire
  50. Ruddy Pond Lakes confirmed designation added.
  51. Added KHV designation for Morgans & Woodstock Ponds, Gwent
  52. Added confirmed designation for KHV at Bankend Fisheries, South Yorkshire
  53. Updated Oyster Herpesvirus confirmed designations for Poole Harbour, Dorset, and Whitstable Bay, Kent
  54. Removed River Crouch, Blackwater and Colne confirmed designation and replaced it with a single designation which also includes the River Roach.
  55. Removed KHV confirmed designations for Burton Farm Fisheries, Church Pond, Kingsdown Road Flash and Canvey Lake
  56. Removed confirmed designation for Abbey Waters, Norfolk
  57. Removed confirmed designations for Bradshaw Hall, Risby Park, Cuckoo Mere and Bee Fold Fishery.
  58. Removed confirmed designation for Aldercar Lane Fishery Lakes, Nottinghamshire, and Alcott Farm Fishery, Worcestershire
  59. Added new confirmed designation for KHV in Staffordshire
  60. Added confirmed designation for KHV in Wiltshire
  61. Added Wellow Dam KHV confirmed designation
  62. Updated Trinity Waters confirmed designation
  63. Added KHV confirmed designation
  64. Added two KHV confirmed designations for Essex
  65. Confirmed Designation added for Haddon Lakes, Cambridgeshire.
  66. New 'notice of confirmed designation' inserted under the Shellfish/Oyster Herpesvirus heading for the River Crouch.
  67. Added KHV confirmed designation
  68. Added KHV confirmed designation
  69. Added 3 KHV confirmed designations
  70. Added KHV confirmed designation
  71. Added confirmed designation for KHV
  72. Added KHV confirmed designation
  73. Added KHV confirmed designation
  74. Added Bonehill Mill Fishery Confirmed KHV Designation
  75. Confirmed designation added
  76. Added confirmed designation notice and map
  77. First published.

From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science Environment Agency

Part of: Aquatic animal health and movements guides Fisheries and rod licensing Wildlife and habitat conservation

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