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Create and submit catch records for all English and Welsh under 10 metre (U10m) flag vessels that fish in UK waters.
Find out how to use nets or traps to catch birds in food premises and safely release them within the terms of your licence.
How catch limits are set and how to get involved in setting them. This includes current catch limits and closed fishing areas.
Use the Fish Export Service to create a UK catch certificate for fish and shellfish caught by UK flagged vessels for export.
Catch quota management is an alternative system of managing fish quotas that counts all catches of fish at sea against a vessel’s quota.
New legislation (The Sea Fisheries (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024) will make it a criminal offence for any recreational fishing vessel to target BFT in the UK without a permit.
Report how many small sea trout, salmon and grilse you've caught if you have a migratory salmon and sea trout rod licence
Video help files for fish export service, catch certificates and processing statements
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.
Certain vessels must use an acoustic deterrent device, known as a 'pinger', to reduce the level of dolphin and porpoise (cetacean) by-catch.
Get a licence to catch certain birds trapped on food premises.
How to solve a pest problem with foxes, moles and mink using traps, snares and other methods.
Find out how you can control pests on your property - help from professionals, methods you can and cannot use, protecting wildlife, getting a wildlife licence
Find out the measures the UK and EC are taking to reduce fishing industry threats to marine life, such as overfishing, finning, and bycatch
Product recall for magnetic catch the worm woodpecker game presenting a high risk of choking due to the presence of small parts as received.
Changes to a key section of the catch recording app and website are being planned to enable fishermen to record when retained catch is landed.
This guide sets out who has to apply for a permit, how to apply and explains the other rules covering travel to Antarctica.
Rod fishing byelaws are rules and regulations explaining who can fish, where, when and what fish you can take in England.
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