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Advice and guidance on the catch, landing and sale of common sturgeon.

• Updated: 16 January 2017

Catch quota management is an alternative system of managing fish quotas that counts all catches of fish at sea against a vessel’s quota.

• Updated: 19 September 2016

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…

Create and submit catch records for all English and Welsh under 10 metre (U10m) flag vessels that fish in UK waters.

• Updated: 9 October 2025

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

How to export or move fish for human consumption from the UK.

• Updated: 10 March 2026

March 2022 catch limit consultation

• Updated: 16 February 2022

The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) will open a bluefin tuna (BFT) catch and release recreational fishery (CRRF) in English waters in 2026. The MMO will run the application process and will issue permits only for vessels fishing in English waters,...

• Updated: 22 April 2026

Bluefin (BFT) by-catch rules within the commercial fishery.

• Updated: 28 March 2024

Video help files for fish export service, catch certificates and processing statements

• Updated: 6 December 2021