Guidance and regulation

How to apply to import, export or re-export endangered animal and plant species on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) list.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 1 July 2022

What you need to do if you find, own or look after a listed invasive non-native (alien) animal in England and Wales.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 20 September 2022

Get permission or a licence to trap crayfish, eels, elvers, salmon, sea trout, lamprey and smelt in England. How to apply and rules to follow.

• From: Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science and 2 others
• Updated: 13 January 2023

How to spot and report bee pests and diseases.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 19 July 2021

Register for a licence to survey white-clawed crayfish for research, conservation or development projects.

• From: Natural England
• Updated: 1 January 2024

How to assess a planning application when there are invertebrates on or near a proposed development site.

• From: Natural England
• Updated: 25 October 2023

How to assess a planning application when there are white-clawed crayfish on or near a proposed development site.

• From: Natural England
• Updated: 26 October 2023

Register for a licence to catch and relocate white-clawed crayfish for maintenance work on water bodies and find out how to report your actions.

• From: Natural England
• Updated: 1 January 2024

Get a licence to release non-native bumblebee species in commercial glasshouses or polytunnels for crop pollination and research when native species are not available.

• From: Natural England
• Updated: 1 January 2024

Register to use a licence to maintain drainage ditches inhabited by little whirlpool ramshorn snails and find out how to report your actions.

• From: Natural England
• Updated: 1 January 2024