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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.
How catch limits are set and how to get involved in setting them. This includes current catch limits and closed fishing areas.
Certain vessels must use an acoustic deterrent device, known as a 'pinger', to reduce the level of dolphin and porpoise (cetacean) by-catch.
Follow national and local rules (byelaws) when freshwater fishing with a rod and line in England and Wales
Get a licence to catch certain birds trapped on food premises.
Bluefin (BFT) by-catch rules within the commercial fishery.
Attorney General's jury vetting guidelines on when to use of right of stand by and what procedure to follow.
Catch quota management is an alternative system of managing fish quotas that counts all catches of fish at sea against a vessel’s quota.
January 2026 Catch Limit Review.
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