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Aquatic animal health and movements guides

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.

• From: Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science and Environment Agency
• Published: 28 May 2014
• Last updated: 28 March 2019 — See all updates

Detailed guides

• Exporting or moving live fish and shellfish
  • 17 August 2023
  • Guidance
• Importing or moving live fish and shellfish
  • 17 September 2024
  • Guidance
• Fish, shellfish or crustacean farm authorisation
  • 17 August 2023
  • Guidance
• Introduce or keep non-native fish and shellfish
  • 17 August 2023
  • Guidance
• The import of live amphibians of the order Caudata (salamanders and newts)
  • 22 May 2023
  • Guidance
• Listed diseases of fish, molluscs and crustacea and their status
  • 20 November 2024
  • Guidance
• Controls of fish and shellfish diseases in England and Wales
  • 31 October 2024
  • Guidance
• Permission to move live fish to or from a fishery
  • 13 April 2023
  • Guidance
• Permission to trap crayfish, eels, elvers, salmon and sea trout
  • 13 January 2023
  • Guidance
• Fish health checks: before moving fish into inland waters
  • 9 September 2024
  • Guidance

Published 28 May 2014
Last updated 28 March 2019 + show all updates

1. 28 March 2019

   Included the new export for live aquatic animals to the list.

2. 28 March 2019

   Export page that was for animal product has been removed from the collection.

3. 25 February 2019

   Included the detailed guide for importing and exporting live fish.

4. 6 July 2018

   Added new page for the import of salamanders and newts

5. 9 December 2016

   Added guidance on special rules for exporting fish and shellfish.

6. 17 November 2016

   Added link to new export guidance

7. 11 August 2014

   Added link to guidance on trapping

8. 28 May 2014

   First published.