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Interactive WebApps to support MMO’s assessment and potential management of Stage 4 marine protected areas (MPAs) and guidance to help users make the most of this platform.
Explains how the Animal Welfare Act 2006 applies to wildlife.
Use this general licence to keep disabled schedule 4 wild birds for up to 6 weeks to rehabilitate them.
Penalty notices and fines that apply for fisheries offences, including illegal catch and marketing offences.
Posters for land managers and local authorities to warn the public there's a risk of bird flu in the area.
Fishing vessels are required to fit and maintain in operation an automatic identification system (AIS)
Get a general licence to keep birds in show cages that don't meet size requirements.
Webinars about what you can do to protect the health and welfare of animals you keep or work with from notifiable and reportable animal diseases.
The code provides game farmers with information on how to meet the welfare needs of their animals, required in the Animal Welfare Act 2006.
How to assess a planning application when there are freshwater pearl mussels on or near a proposed development site.
Explanation for animal owners and veterinary health professionals on how the VMD calculates adverse event incidence rates for veterinary medicines
Guidance on the Batch Release Request scheme for an immunological veterinary medicine to be placed on the UK market.
Check for listed disinfectants for aquaculture; or apply to have your product listed.
How to spot contagious equine metritis, what to do if you suspect it and measures to prevent its spread.
This registration service applies to products marketed under the exemption for small pet animals.
The CMA has launched a review into the veterinary services market for household pets.
Certain vessels must use an acoustic deterrent device, known as a 'pinger', to reduce the level of dolphin and porpoise (cetacean) by-catch.
All references to Area VII are to Area VII within British Fishery Limits only. Details of the approach to managing the over 15 metre Area VII crab and scallop fishing sector to keep the fishery within UK effort limits.
Actions to be taken by Marketing Authorisation Holders in order to supply veterinary medicines to Northern Ireland from 1 January 2026.
If you keep bluetongue-susceptible livestock, you should consider voluntarily testing these animals to demonstrate they remain free from bluetongue disease.
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