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
18 June 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 bacterial kidney disease (BKD):

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

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

Published 16 May 2014
Last updated 18 June 2024 + show all updates

  1. Added new confirmed designation for BKD.

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

  3. Deleted legacy listings

  4. Removed expired attachment.

  5. Previous versions of BMP templates removed

  6. A confirmed designation has been lifted.

  7. A confirmed designation has been lifted.

  8. Three Confirmed Designations have been lifted.

  9. A confirmed designation has been listed.

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

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

  19. Three confirmed designations have been lifted.

  20. Two confirmed designations have been listed.

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  22. A new confirmed designation has been listed.

  23. A confirmed designation has been lifted.

  24. A confirmed designation has been listed.

  25. A confirmed designation has been lifted.

  26. Contact email address updated.

  27. 1 disease designation removed, and 1 new disease designation listed.

  28. A confirmed designation has been lifted.

  29. A confirmed designation has been lifted.

  30. A new confirmed designation has been listed.

  31. A new confirmed designation has been listed.

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

  34. A new confirmed designation has been listed.

  35. A confirmed designation has been added.

  36. A new confirmed designation has been listed.

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

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

  39. New Notice of Confirmed Designation listed.

  40. Disease controls lifted.

  41. Added new disease outbreak.

  42. A confirmed designation has been lifted.

  43. A confirmed designation has been lifted.

  44. A confirmed designation has been lifted.

  45. A confirmed designation has been lifted.

  46. A new disease outbreak listed.

  47. A number of confirmed designations have been lifted.

  48. A controlled disease has been lifted.

  49. A disease outbreak lifted.

  50. A new disease outbreak listed.

  51. A new disease outbreak listed.

  52. A new disease outbreak listed.

  53. A new disease outbreak listed.

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

  55. A new disease outbreak has now been listed.

  56. A new disease outbreak has now been listed.

  57. New KHV outbreak included to the list.

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

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

  60. All 2021 KHV disease outbreaks revoked.

  61. 2 new disease outbreaks listed.

  62. A new disease outbreak listed.

  63. A new disease outbreak listed.

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

  65. 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.

  66. A new disease outbreak listed - CD22.2021

  67. A new disease outbreak listed CD21.2021

  68. A new disease outbreak listed - CD20.2021

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

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

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

  72. A new disease outbreak now listed CD16.2021

  73. Confirmed disease outbreak list updated.

  74. CD14.2021 now published

  75. A new disease outbreak published CD13.2021

  76. KHV confirmed list updated with Bennion Pools.

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

  78. Added Theydon Bois Valley Lakes, 16th September

  79. A new disease outbreak listed

  80. CD08.2021 & CD09.2021 now listed

  81. CD07.2021 now added to 2021 listing

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

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

  84. CD04.2021 now listed

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

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

  87. A new confirmed designation for 2021 now listed

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

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

  90. A new confirmed designation published CD11.2020

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

  92. A new confirmed designation listed CD08.2020

  93. A new confirmed designation listed CD07.2020

  94. 2 new confirmed designation listed

  95. CD04.2020 map up-dated

  96. New outbreak of KHV added to the 2020 list

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

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

  99. 2020 status updated

  100. A new outbreak for 2020 to list

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

  102. A new outbreak listed

  103. A new outbreak listed

  104. A new outbreak to publish

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

  106. A new outbreak listed

  107. A new outbreak posted

  108. Added Sivyers Lake, Middlesex - 13 September

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

  110. Listed updated with confrimed disease outbreak.

  111. Updated list with new confrimed disease outbreak.

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

  113. Added Newt Pond, Haverhill, Suffolk

  114. Added Theydon Bois Valley Lakes, Essex

  115. Added Ash Ponds, Somerset

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

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

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

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

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

  121. A newer revised document is now available

  122. Removed controls lifted.

  123. Update list with new outbreak.

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

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

  126. List updated

  127. New outbreak to include in the list.

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  129. List is updated with a new outbreak

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  133. List updated with a new confrimed outbreak

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  138. List updated with a new CD

  139. Listed updated with a new putbreak confirmed

  140. List updated with new confirmed outbreaks of KHV

  141. List updated with confrimed outbreak of KHV

  142. List updated with a new outbreak

  143. Updated the list with a new updated outbreak

  144. Updated document

  145. List updated with new outbreak for 2018

  146. List for new outbreaks updated

  147. Removed Swallows

  148. New outbreak to add to the list

  149. Updated the outbreak list.

  150. Updated the list of new outbreaks for 2018

  151. CD04 included to the list of outbreaks for 2018

  152. Three new KHV outbreak attachments added for 2018

  153. 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.

  154. Added Cleverley Mare, Essex

  155. Added Boating Lake, Northamptonshire

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

  157. Added Hampstead Heath Ponds, London

  158. Added Lea Farm Lakes, Berkshire

  159. Removed The Jungle, Derbyshire

  160. Added Windsor View Lakes, Berkshire

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

  162. Added Cleveley Bridge Fishery Complex, Lancashire

  163. Added Sam Hosticks Fisheries, East Yorkshire

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

  165. Added Tyersal Hall Fishery, West Yorkshire

  166. Added Newlake, Humberside

  167. Added Bannister House Fishery, Lancashire

  168. Added Porton Ventures UK Ltd

  169. Added Meadows Fishery and Manor Park Fishery, Staffordshire

  170. Added Mansfield Lake, Kent

  171. Added designation notice for Risbey Park Fisheries, Beverley

  172. Added The Lakeside, Surrey

  173. Added East Sussed: Swanborough Fishing Lake

  174. Added details for SVC at Arden Lakes, Warwickshire

  175. 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).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  191. Added designation for Manea Pit, Cambridgeshire

  192. Added confirmation note for Frisby Water Park, Leicestershire

  193. Added designation note for Packington Somers Fishery

  194. Added the confirmation for Cromwell Lake, Cambridgeshire

  195. Added confirmation details for Ferens Lake, East Yorkshire

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

  197. Added KHV confirmed designation for Heron Pond, Nottinghamshire

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  206. Added KHV confirmed designations for Greater London and Lincolnshire

  207. CD03/2016 added

  208. CD02/2016

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

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

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

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

  213. Revised Bonamia ostreae confirmed designations

  214. Added extension to Oyster Herpesvirus Confirmed Designation in Kent

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

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

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

  218. Added KHV confirmed designation for Washing Pool, Worcestershire

  219. Amended Oyster herpesvirus confirmed designation in Kent

  220. Added KHV confirmed designation for Railway Lakes, Cambridgeshire

  221. New KHV outbreak confirmed in West Yorkshire

  222. Ruddy Pond Lakes confirmed designation added.

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

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

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

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

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

  228. Removed confirmed designation for Abbey Waters, Norfolk

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

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

  231. Added new confirmed designation for KHV in Staffordshire

  232. Added confirmed designation for KHV in Wiltshire

  233. Added Wellow Dam KHV confirmed designation

  234. Updated Trinity Waters confirmed designation

  235. Added KHV confirmed designation

  236. Added two KHV confirmed designations for Essex

  237. Confirmed Designation added for Haddon Lakes, Cambridgeshire.

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

  239. Added KHV confirmed designation

  240. Added KHV confirmed designation

  241. Added 3 KHV confirmed designations

  242. Added KHV confirmed designation

  243. Added confirmed designation for KHV

  244. Added KHV confirmed designation

  245. Added KHV confirmed designation

  246. Added Bonehill Mill Fishery Confirmed KHV Designation

  247. Confirmed designation added

  248. Added confirmed designation notice and map

  249. First published.

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