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Apply for a licence to introduce, keep or farm non-native fish, lobsters and crayfish.
Get consent to introduce (site permit) or remove fish (excluding fish farms): application forms and rules.
Rod fishing byelaws are rules and regulations explaining who can fish, where, when and what fish you can take in England.
Follow national and local rules (byelaws) when freshwater fishing with a rod and line in England and Wales
Find out how to import live fish, molluscs and crustaceans for farming, ornamental, or any other purpose except direct human consumption
How catch limits are set and how to get involved in setting them. This includes current catch limits and closed fishing areas.
Create and submit catch records for all English and Welsh under 10 metre (U10m) flag vessels that fish in UK waters.
How to assess a planning application when there are freshwater or migratory fish on or near a proposed development site.
Get permission or a licence to trap crayfish, eels, elvers, salmon, sea trout, lamprey and smelt in England. How to apply and rules to follow.
Guidance by the Fish Health Inspectorate and Environment Agency: run a fish or shellfish farm, move live fish or shellfish or hold non-native species.
How to export or move fish for human consumption from the UK.
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.
Use the ILFA1 form to apply for a licence to keep or introduce non native fish, shellfish or crustacea
Find out which Environment Agency locks and weirs you can fish at, the licences and permits you need and when you can fish.
What you need to do as a fisheries business now the transition period has ended.
Information on the different types of commercial fishing vessel licences.
North West and Border Esk byelaws are statutory rules (regulated by law) and regulations explaining who can fish, where, when and what fish you can take.
The prohibitions and restrictions on the import of animal furs and skins into the UK and the export of salmon and trout.
How to get authorised to set up a fish, shellfish or crustacean farm: application process, conditions and records you must keep.
All references to Area VII are to Area VII within British Fishery Limits only. Details of the approach to managing the over 15 metre Area VII crab and scallop fishing sector to keep the fishery within UK effort limits.
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