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Interactive WebApp to support Stage 3 marine protected areas (MPAs) consultation and guidance to help users make the most of this platform,
A list of species or subspecies from the EC Habitats Directive.
Cattle owners and keepers must follow the conditions of this licence when they move their animals.
Guidance for fish passes where existing obstructions prevent the safe passage of eel and elver travelling up stream.
Apply for your organisation to become a responsible body for conservation covenants.
Apply for an authorisation to manufacture extemporaneous preparations, autogenous vaccines, stem cell products or blood products for non-food animals.
Check for listed disinfectants for aquaculture; or apply to have your product listed.
The Species Recovery Programme has launched a new opportunity calling for ideas to support threatened species.
Vets can contact APHA to get expert advice about unusual animal disease or mortality in England and Wales.
This enforcement policy sets out the general principles and approach taken by the VMD.
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Find out how to control wild geese populations using egg oiling or by round-up and culling, if you’re permitted to do so under the terms of your licence.
How Defra and Natural England license the control of certain wild bird species.
You may need to complete a wildfire management plan if you're applying for a licence to burn heather or grass on peat deeper than 30cm in a less favoured area.
Guidance for enforcement authorities who use penalty notices for animal health and welfare offences.
How the Environment Agency will respond to planning consultations that include activities we permit under the Environmental Permitting Regulations 2010 (EPR).
Guidance for land managers and growers of trees, plants or crops about APHA’s plant health surveillance programme, why the surveys take place and what to expect from a survey inspection.
When and how to test for salmonella if you breed chickens, and what happens if a flock tests positive. Testing is part of the salmonella national control programme (NCP).
How to assess a planning application when there are white-clawed crayfish on or near a proposed development site.
Private cattle IFN-y testing, including when to test, how to apply for permission, carry out testing and submit samples to APHA.
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