Guidance

Controls of fish and shellfish diseases in England and Wales

Reduce the risk of disease and find out where listed diseases have been confirmed in England and Wales

From:
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science and Environment Agency
Published
16 May 2014
Last updated
15 August 2024 — See all updates

Applies to England and Wales

Disease status of fish, shellfish and crustacea in England and Wales

Great Britain has a high health status for fish, mollusc, and crustacean diseases. The listed diseases are in Commission Regulation (EC) 1251/2008 as amended by the Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 and in Annex 1A and Schedule 1 of The Aquatic Animal Health (England and Wales) Regulations 2009.

For the disease status for England and Wales or the latest reported confirmed outbreaks in England and Wales.

Listed fish and shellfish diseases

You must contact the Fish Health Inspectorate (FHI) immediately if you know or suspect fish or shellfish:

  • are infected with a listed disease
  • are affected by an increased mortality

Reduce the spread of disease in fish and shellfish

You can help control the spread of disease if you:

  • follow rules for imports
  • perform regular health monitoring to spot disease early
  • contain outbreaks as quickly as possible
  • use good husbandry practice
  • follow rules when moving fish
  • put in place and follow a biosecurity measures plan. Information on Biosecurity Measures Plans, their importance, and why they are a requirement of Authorisation. Use this page to access standardised BMP modules. Biosecurity Measure Plans - Information and Templates - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
  • It is a condition of authorisation that mortalities must be recorded as agreed and stated in your approved Biosecurity Measures Plan (BMP). Mortalities can be recorded in a preferred format, but it must include the date, number of mortalities, species affected, zone (if your farm is divided into zones) and cause. Acceptable formats include daily diaries, spreadsheets, biosecurity logbooks. An example of an acceptable mortality log that can be downloaded and used can be found here: Mortality_Record_Sheet_V1.0.pdf (publishing.service.gov.uk)

Control areas for notifiable disease outbreaks

If a listed disease is confirmed, FHI places controls to limit the spread of disease (these are known as Confirmed Designation Notices) and where required will take steps to eradicate the disease.

If your fish or shellfish are in an area under a control areas you must:

  • follow all conditions issued by FHI
  • get written permission from the FHI to move fish and/or shellfish and equipment (allow at least 5 working days)

2024

Fish

Areas with controls in place to limit the spread of koi herpesvirus disease (KHV):

JCB Lakes, Rocester, Staffordshire - 04 July 2024 (PDF, 160 KB, 4 pages)

Kiveton Waters, Sheffield, South Yorkshire - 19 July 2024 (PDF, 160 KB, 4 pages)

Gedges Lakes, Tonbridge, Kent - 07 August 2024 (PDF, 205 KB, 4 pages)

West Stow Country Park Lake, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk - 15 August 2024 (PDF, 222 KB, 4 pages)

Areas with controls in place to limit the spread of bacterial kidney disease (BKD):

Shellfish

You can use an interactive map to view shellfish disease controls across Great Britain.

Alternatively below are individual maps of areas under our control for each disease:

Bonamia ostreae

Oyster herpesvirus

Marteilia refringens

Contacts

Email: fhi@cefas.gov.uk

Telephone: 01305 206700

Monday to Thursday - 9am to 5pm, Friday 9am to 4:30 pm

Fish Health Inspectorate

Barrack Road

The Nothe

Weymouth

Dorset

DT4 8UB

Environment Agency

PO Box 544

Rotherham
Yorkshire
S60 1BY

Email enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk

Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm 0370 8506 506

From outside the UK +44 1709 389 201

Updates to this page

Published 16 May 2014
Last updated 15 August 2024 + show all updates

  1. A confirmed designation has been listed.

  2. A new confirmed designation has been listed.

  3. A new confirmed designation has been listed.

  4. A new confirmed designation has been listed.

  5. A confirmed designation has been lifted.

  6. Added new confirmed designation for BKD.

  7. Updated CD06.2015 v2 attachment to accessible format.

  8. Deleted legacy listings

  9. Removed expired attachment.

  10. Previous versions of BMP templates removed

  11. A confirmed designation has been lifted.

  12. A confirmed designation has been lifted.

  13. Three Confirmed Designations have been lifted.

  14. A confirmed designation has been listed.

  15. A confirmed designation has been listed. An existing confirmed designation has been lifted.

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  22. A confirmed designation has been lifted.

  23. A confirmed designation has been listed and a broken link has been fixed.

  24. Three confirmed designations have been lifted.

  25. Two confirmed designations have been listed.

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  27. A new confirmed designation has been listed.

  28. A confirmed designation has been lifted.

  29. A confirmed designation has been listed.

  30. A confirmed designation has been lifted.

  31. Contact email address updated.

  32. 1 disease designation removed, and 1 new disease designation listed.

  33. A confirmed designation has been lifted.

  34. A confirmed designation has been lifted.

  35. A new confirmed designation has been listed.

  36. A new confirmed designation has been listed.

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  38. Two confirmed designations have been lifted and a new confirmed designation has been listed.

  39. A new confirmed designation has been listed.

  40. A confirmed designation has been added.

  41. A new confirmed designation has been listed.

  42. A confirmed designation has been lifted and a new one has been added.

  43. A new confirmed designation listed and fixed two broken links.

  44. New Notice of Confirmed Designation listed.

  45. Disease controls lifted.

  46. Added new disease outbreak.

  47. A confirmed designation has been lifted.

  48. A confirmed designation has been lifted.

  49. A confirmed designation has been lifted.

  50. A confirmed designation has been lifted.

  51. A new disease outbreak listed.

  52. A number of confirmed designations have been lifted.

  53. A controlled disease has been lifted.

  54. A disease outbreak lifted.

  55. A new disease outbreak listed.

  56. A new disease outbreak listed.

  57. A new disease outbreak listed.

  58. A new disease outbreak listed.

  59. New confirmed outbreak at swan lake added to the list.

  60. A new disease outbreak has now been listed.

  61. A new disease outbreak has now been listed.

  62. New KHV outbreak included to the list.

  63. Three confirmed cases of KHV added to the list.

  64. Two confirmed designations now revoked, and removed from the 2022 listing.

  65. All 2021 KHV disease outbreaks revoked.

  66. 2 new disease outbreaks listed.

  67. A new disease outbreak listed.

  68. A new disease outbreak listed.

  69. A new disease outbreak has now been published for 2022

  70. KHV controls have been lifted at: Tylers Common – EW009-B-335 CD03.2020 – Churchmere Pool - EW086-C-296 CD04.2020 - Brookfield Fisheries - EW105-W-114 CD05.2020 – Waterloo Farm Leisure – EW041-D-369 CD06.2020 – Ringles Reservoir – EW056-G-374 CD07.2020 – Swan Farm Fishery (formally Harpers Hill Fishery) – EW105-Q-108 CD08.2020 - Paradise Fisheries - EW080-T-957 CD09.2020 – Eden Fishery – EW105-T-111 CD10.2020 - Castle Ashby Fishery Lakes - EW042-W-012 CD11.2020 - Kimber View Pools List updated.

  71. A new disease outbreak listed - CD22.2021

  72. A new disease outbreak listed CD21.2021

  73. A new disease outbreak listed - CD20.2021

  74. New KHV outbreak added to the list - Springwood Fisheries, Derbyshire - 1 October 2021

  75. New outbreak confirmed at Soham By - Pass Lake, Cambridgeshire on the 1 October 2021 and added to the list.

  76. New outbreak at - Little John Lakes, Nottinghamshire - 29 September 2021 included in the list.

  77. A new disease outbreak now listed CD16.2021

  78. Confirmed disease outbreak list updated.

  79. CD14.2021 now published

  80. A new disease outbreak published CD13.2021

  81. KHV confirmed list updated with Bennion Pools.

  82. CD02.2021 now removed - disinfection now complete.

  83. Added Theydon Bois Valley Lakes, 16th September

  84. A new disease outbreak listed

  85. CD08.2021 & CD09.2021 now listed

  86. CD07.2021 now added to 2021 listing

  87. List updated with new KHV outbreak at Hartley Fishery.

  88. Added Willow Garth Fisheries, South Yorkshire - 29 July 2021

  89. CD04.2021 now listed

  90. New outbreak's CD02.2021 and CD03.2021 now listed

  91. CD01.2021 now revoked following completition of a cull and disinfection

  92. A new confirmed designation for 2021 now listed

  93. Controls lifted on 2019 KHV confirmed sites due to no occurrence of an outbreak of KHV disease while under controls.

  94. One Confirmed Designation Updated, and one new designation listed under Oyster herpesvirus

  95. A new confirmed designation published CD11.2020

  96. Two new confirmed designations listed and CD08.2020 amended

  97. A new confirmed designation listed CD08.2020

  98. A new confirmed designation listed CD07.2020

  99. 2 new confirmed designation listed

  100. CD04.2020 map up-dated

  101. New outbreak of KHV added to the 2020 list

  102. List updated with the confrimed outbreak of KHV at Churchmere.

  103. List updated with a new confirmed outbreak of KHV at Tylers Common Fishery, Brentwood, Essex - 3 July 2020.

  104. 2020 status updated

  105. A new outbreak for 2020 to list

  106. Controls now lifted for KHV disease outbreaks, list updated to reflect this change.

  107. A new outbreak listed

  108. A new outbreak listed

  109. A new outbreak to publish

  110. Confirmed disease outbreak at a new location - list updated.

  111. A new outbreak listed

  112. A new outbreak posted

  113. Added Sivyers Lake, Middlesex - 13 September

  114. Added JCB Lakes - Rocester, Staffordshire - 30 August

  115. Listed updated with confrimed disease outbreak.

  116. Updated list with new confrimed disease outbreak.

  117. Added Alders Farm Fishery - Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire - 12 August

  118. Added Newt Pond, Haverhill, Suffolk

  119. Added Theydon Bois Valley Lakes, Essex

  120. Added Ash Ponds, Somerset

  121. KHV disease controls have been applied at: Orsett Reservoir, Greys, Essex – 24 July

  122. Added new outbreak Mescar Fishery, Liverpool, Merseyside – 22 July

  123. Updated the page to include the disease status of england wales page.

  124. CD02/2019 now lifted following Disinfection and a fallow period

  125. CD01/2019 now lifted following a full disinfection of the site and Fallowing period

  126. A newer revised document is now available

  127. Removed controls lifted.

  128. Update list with new outbreak.

  129. list updated with missed outbreak from 2016 that is still inplace.

  130. Included the list for a new outbreak for 2019.

  131. List updated

  132. New outbreak to include in the list.

  133. List updated

  134. List is updated with a new outbreak

  135. New outbreak

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  137. List updated with a new outbreak

  138. List updated with a new confrimed outbreak

  139. List updated with a new confrimed outbreak

  140. Updated the list with a new outbreak

  141. List updated

  142. The list has been updated with a new outbreak

  143. List updated with a new CD

  144. Listed updated with a new putbreak confirmed

  145. List updated with new confirmed outbreaks of KHV

  146. List updated with confrimed outbreak of KHV

  147. List updated with a new outbreak

  148. Updated the list with a new updated outbreak

  149. Updated document

  150. List updated with new outbreak for 2018

  151. List for new outbreaks updated

  152. Removed Swallows

  153. New outbreak to add to the list

  154. Updated the outbreak list.

  155. Updated the list of new outbreaks for 2018

  156. CD04 included to the list of outbreaks for 2018

  157. Three new KHV outbreak attachments added for 2018

  158. Confrimed Designations from 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014 and some of the sites in 2016. They list has been removed from this page and has been moved to the press release page 'Outbreaks of Koi herpesvirus disease' and added to the list of finished outbreaks. And the CD for Manderson Trust Lakes from 2017 attachment has been included.

  159. Added Cleverley Mare, Essex

  160. Added Boating Lake, Northamptonshire

  161. Added White Shots Reservoir, Essex and The Cunneries, Lancashire

  162. Added Hampstead Heath Ponds, London

  163. Added Lea Farm Lakes, Berkshire

  164. Removed The Jungle, Derbyshire

  165. Added Windsor View Lakes, Berkshire

  166. Added Danson Park, Kent; The Jungle, Derbyshire and Frogmore Fishery, Hertfordshire

  167. Added Cleveley Bridge Fishery Complex, Lancashire

  168. Added Sam Hosticks Fisheries, East Yorkshire

  169. Added Willows Farm Fishery, Hertfordshire Removed Porton Ventures, Wiltshire

  170. Added Tyersal Hall Fishery, West Yorkshire

  171. Added Newlake, Humberside

  172. Added Bannister House Fishery, Lancashire

  173. Added Porton Ventures UK Ltd

  174. Added Meadows Fishery and Manor Park Fishery, Staffordshire

  175. Added Mansfield Lake, Kent

  176. Added designation notice for Risbey Park Fisheries, Beverley

  177. Added The Lakeside, Surrey

  178. Added East Sussed: Swanborough Fishing Lake

  179. Added details for SVC at Arden Lakes, Warwickshire

  180. Removed confirmed designations for: Gorsty Hall Fishing Lakes (Cheshire), Coopers Arms Lake and Weston Moat Fishery (Derbyshire), Frant Lakes (East Sussex), Morehall Fishery (South Yorkshire), Tin Mill Dam (South Yorkshire), Henstead Fishing Lakes (Suffolk), Crossways Business Park (Kent), Barford Lakes (Norfolk), and Willinghurst Fisheries (Surrey).

  181. Added KHV disease confirmed designation for Lodge Farm Fisheries, South Yorkshire.

  182. Added KHV disease confirmed designation for Curborough Fishery, Staffordshire

  183. Added KHV disease confirmed designation for Coppice Lane Pools, Staffordshire

  184. Added KHV disease confirmed designation for The Hunstrete Fishery, Avon

  185. Added KHV disease confirmed designation for Knightsland Farm Lake, Essex

  186. Added KHV disease confirmed designation for Melton Ponds, Norfolk

  187. Added KHV disease confirmed designation for Ash Grove Lake, Derbyshire

  188. Added KHV disease confirmed designation for Kiverton Farm Fisheries, South Yorkshire

  189. Added KHV disease confirmed designation for Five House Farm Reservoir, Hertfordshire

  190. Added a revised oyster herpesvirus confirmed designation which covers Kent and Essex.

  191. Added KHV disease confirmed designation for Thorpe Lea Fishery, Surrey

  192. Added KHV disease confirmed designation for Fields Farm Fishery, Cheshire

  193. Added KHV disease confirmed designation for Portland Fishing Lakes, Nottinghamshire

  194. Added KHV disease confirmed designation for Jacobs Water, Nottinghamshire

  195. Added KHV disease confirmed designation for Bells Mill Fisheries, West Midlands

  196. Added designation for Manea Pit, Cambridgeshire

  197. Added confirmation note for Frisby Water Park, Leicestershire

  198. Added designation note for Packington Somers Fishery

  199. Added the confirmation for Cromwell Lake, Cambridgeshire

  200. Added confirmation details for Ferens Lake, East Yorkshire

  201. Added KHV disease confirmed designations for Mallory Park Fishery, Leicestershire, and Hayfield Fishery, South Yorkshire

  202. Added KHV confirmed designation for Heron Pond, Nottinghamshire

  203. Added KHV confirmed designation for Corner House Farm Lake, Staffordshire

  204. Updated all confirmed designations for Oyster herpesvirus and Bonamia ostreae with a new condition.

  205. Added KHV disease confirmed designation for Fleetwood Reservoir, Lancashire

  206. Add KHV disease confirmed designations for Aston Park, South Yorkshire, and The Barns, Cornwall

  207. Added KHV disease confirmed designation for Albert Park Lake, North Yorkshire

  208. Added KHV disease confirmed designation for Bierley Woods Waters, West Yorkshire

  209. Added KHV confirmed designation for The Glebe Lakes, Leicestershire

  210. Removed KHV confirmed designation for Maidenhead Aquatics, Greater London

  211. Added KHV confirmed designations for Greater London and Lincolnshire

  212. CD03/2016 added

  213. CD02/2016

  214. CD01/2016 - site no longer under any official disease controls

  215. New KHV confirmed designation: Shuttleworth College Fish Farm, Bedfordshire

  216. Confirmed designations for KHV removed on Whitevane Pond, Jeagor Farm, Boat Shed Pool, Ferens Lake, Brocket Hall, Noak Hill Fishery, and The Duckery

  217. Added confirmed designation for Oyster herpesvirus at River Teign, Devon

  218. Revised Bonamia ostreae confirmed designations

  219. Added extension to Oyster Herpesvirus Confirmed Designation in Kent

  220. Added KHV disease confirmed designation for Ellis Lake Fishery, Essex. Added conditions to the confirmed designation for Marteilia.

  221. Added KHV disease confirmed designations for Lake Ross, Woodlands Fishery, and Bourne Farm Pond in Lincolnshire

  222. Added KHV disease confirmed designation for Thornborough Pond, Northumberland

  223. Added KHV confirmed designation for Washing Pool, Worcestershire

  224. Amended Oyster herpesvirus confirmed designation in Kent

  225. Added KHV confirmed designation for Railway Lakes, Cambridgeshire

  226. New KHV outbreak confirmed in West Yorkshire

  227. Ruddy Pond Lakes confirmed designation added.

  228. Added KHV designation for Morgans & Woodstock Ponds, Gwent

  229. Added confirmed designation for KHV at Bankend Fisheries, South Yorkshire

  230. Updated Oyster Herpesvirus confirmed designations for Poole Harbour, Dorset, and Whitstable Bay, Kent

  231. Removed River Crouch, Blackwater and Colne confirmed designation and replaced it with a single designation which also includes the River Roach.

  232. Removed KHV confirmed designations for Burton Farm Fisheries, Church Pond, Kingsdown Road Flash and Canvey Lake

  233. Removed confirmed designation for Abbey Waters, Norfolk

  234. Removed confirmed designations for Bradshaw Hall, Risby Park, Cuckoo Mere and Bee Fold Fishery.

  235. Removed confirmed designation for Aldercar Lane Fishery Lakes, Nottinghamshire, and Alcott Farm Fishery, Worcestershire

  236. Added new confirmed designation for KHV in Staffordshire

  237. Added confirmed designation for KHV in Wiltshire

  238. Added Wellow Dam KHV confirmed designation

  239. Updated Trinity Waters confirmed designation

  240. Added KHV confirmed designation

  241. Added two KHV confirmed designations for Essex

  242. Confirmed Designation added for Haddon Lakes, Cambridgeshire.

  243. New 'notice of confirmed designation' inserted under the Shellfish/Oyster Herpesvirus heading for the River Crouch.

  244. Added KHV confirmed designation

  245. Added KHV confirmed designation

  246. Added 3 KHV confirmed designations

  247. Added KHV confirmed designation

  248. Added confirmed designation for KHV

  249. Added KHV confirmed designation

  250. Added KHV confirmed designation

  251. Added Bonehill Mill Fishery Confirmed KHV Designation

  252. Confirmed designation added

  253. Added confirmed designation notice and map

  254. First published.

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