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Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR)
How to get trained to set cage traps for, vaccinate and mark badgers.
Get a licence to sell dead specimens of protected species legally taken from the wild before 30 October 1981.
Register for licences to cage-trap and mark badgers (Meles meles) for vaccinating them against bovine tuberculosis (TB) to help prevent the spread of disease.
Get a general licence to sell dead wild red squirrels and pine martens.
Get a general licence to sell black-headed gull eggs for human consumption if you're a retailer or restaurateur.
Get conservation advice on the impact of activity on a marine site and find out the status of advice using the interactive map.
How Defra and Natural England license the control of certain wild bird species.
How to assess a planning application when there are freshwater pearl mussels on or near a proposed development site.
Apply for a licence to take and mark badgers to enable vaccination to prevent the spread of bovine tuberculosis (bovine TB) in cattle.
When you get a Special Nature Conservation Order (SNCO) and how to challenge it, what a stop notice means, and get consent for restricted activities that affect European sites.
Register to use a licence to maintain drainage ditches inhabited by little whirlpool ramshorn snails and find out how to report your actions.
MMO have carried out assessments on the impacts of fishing activities on highly mobile species features including harbour porpoises and marine bird species. These assessments are captured within the draft fishing gear MPA Im…
How to prepare or review a management plan for a Protected Landscape in England.
Get a licence to carry out investigations of wildlife and other crime that could affect protected species and their habitats in England.
The byelaw for bottom towed fishing gear, including an impact assessment and charts.
How to engage with your stakeholders when planning to release Eurasian beavers into the wild.
Owners or occupiers of land, or people authorised by them, can use this general licence to release common pheasants or red-legged partridges on special areas of conservation and within their 500m buffer zones.
Based on the best available evidence MMO have identified bycatch of harbour porpoise in gillnets as a concern that may need to be managed. As such MMO is considering potential management options. It has set out the evidence …
Get a general licence to trap stoats to prevent serious damage to vulnerable livestock.
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