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Check the tariff classification for saltwater fish.
Find out how to import live fish, molluscs and crustaceans for farming, ornamental, or any other purpose except direct human consumption
Apply for a licence to introduce, keep or farm non-native fish, lobsters and crayfish.
Follow national and local rules (byelaws) when freshwater fishing with a rod and line in England and Wales
Information about the Seafood Response Fund.
Rod fishing byelaws are rules and regulations explaining who can fish, where, when and what fish you can take in England.
When fishery owners and suppliers of live fish must get a fish health check. How to arrange the check and how to report the results.
Competent authorities of exporting countries should use the relevant model health certificate as a template to create a version exporters can apply for to export live fish, shellfish or aquaculture products to Great Britain, the Channel Islands or Isle of...
The Environment Agency’s National Coarse Fish Rearing Unit in Calverton, Nottinghamshire produced and stocked 510,488 fish in 2024.
Information about the Fisheries and Seafood Scheme
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