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Find out the measures the UK and EC are taking to reduce fishing industry threats to marine life, such as overfishing, finning, and bycatch

• Updated: 13 September 2013

Follow national and local rules (byelaws) when freshwater fishing with a rod and line in England and Wales

• Overview

  You must follow national and local rules (byelaws) when freshwater fishing…

• When and where you can fish

  ‘Close seasons’ are seasons when you cannot fish for some types of fish on…

• Fish size and catch limits

  You’re only allowed to keep a certain amount of the fish you catch. These…

• Tackle you can use

  There are rules on how many rods you can use at a time, and the types of…

Know which licence or certificate you must have to restrain, stun or kill animals which are not for human consumption, and how to carry out these operations.

• Updated: 5 June 2023

How data on landings statistics are collected and processed by fisheries administrations in the UK.

• Updated: 29 January 2021

South West byelaws are statutory (regulated by law) rules and regulations explaining who can fish, where, when and what fish you can take.

• Updated: 12 February 2021

Anglia rod fishing byelaws are statutory (regulated by law) rules and regulations explaining who can fish, and where, when and what fish you can take.

• Updated: 12 February 2021

• Updated: 27 January 2025

This guidance is intended to support billing authorities in interpreting the Non-Domestic Rating (Definition of Qualifying Retail, Hospitality or Leisure Hereditament) Regulations 2025 (SI 2025/1093) for the purposes of administering the business rates retail, hospitality and leisure (RHL) multipliers. As...

• Updated: 27 January 2026

The Blue Book is a single collection of UK and EU laws.

• Updated: 30 July 2025

Certain vessels must use an acoustic deterrent device, known as a 'pinger', to reduce the level of dolphin and porpoise (cetacean) by-catch.

• Updated: 25 March 2022