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Find out how to export live fish, molluscs and crustaceans for farming, ornamental, or any other purpose except direct human consumption
Find out about how we manage unacceptable behaviour consistently and fairly.
How to get authorised to set up a fish, shellfish or crustacean farm: application process, conditions and records you must keep.
Find out how to import live fish, molluscs and crustaceans for farming, ornamental, or any other purpose except direct human consumption
Apply for a licence to introduce, keep or farm non-native fish, lobsters and crayfish.
Information on Biosecurity Measures Plans, their importance, and why they are a requirement of Authorisation. Use this page to access standardised BMP modules.
Explaining the standards for how the Fish Health Inspectorate deliver services to those they regulate
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) annual report and accounts 2022-2023.
Check for listed disinfectants for aquaculture; or apply to have your product listed.
Updates to the FHI Online Service will appear on this page
Find out how to import live amphibians of the order Caudata (salamanders and newts)
How to apply for research and development funding from the UK Seafood Innovation Fund (SIF) scheme.
Methodology and assessment of the economic and sustainability outcomes of the negotiations on total allowable catches (TACs) and quotas between 2020 and 2023.
Get consent to introduce (site permit) or remove fish (excluding fish farms): application forms and rules.
Assessment of Scallop stock status for selected waters around the English Coast in 2021/22.
Use the AHH2 form to apply to become authorised to import live fish and shellfish in England and Wales
Use the AUTEXP form to apply to become authorised to export live aquatic animals in England and Wales.
Explaining the strategy and standards for how the Fish Health Inspectorate deliver enforcement to those they regulate
Enabling safe and sustainable marine economies across Commonwealth Small Island Developing States (SIDS).
The framework which the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) and Defra operate under.
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