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How local authorities must regulate, inspect and license zoos and circuses in their areas.
Get conservation advice on the impact of activity on a marine site and find out the status of advice using the interactive map.
Guidance on marketing standards for poultrymeat - provides visual guidance on the grading aspects of the EU marketing standards for poultrymeat.
Get a licence to interfere with badger setts for the purpose of conducting forestry operations.
The systematic survey of the UK’s coastal waters
Get a general licence to keep birds in show cages that don't meet size requirements.
Get a general licence to release native and formerly native wild bird or animal species whose release is normally prohibited.
Find an approved control post to rest livestock being imported to, exported from, or transiting through Great Britain.
The terms and conditions for paying the common user charge.
How to check if an ivory item you are buying or hiring has been correctly registered or certified, and how to register as a new owner.
Details of how to report fishing activities, codes for different reports and common species, and extra details for vessel fishing in Norway.
When you can exceed the burning and storage limits in waste exemption D7 to burn trees and plants affected by disease or pests in the open.
When you get a Special Nature Conservation Order (SNCO) and how to challenge it, what a stop notice means, and get consent for restricted activities that affect European sites.
Find out what animal by-products (material with animal content) you can use in a small scale compost heap and if your heap needs approval.
Penalty notices and fines that apply for fisheries offences, including illegal catch and marketing offences.
Register for a licence to set up feeding stations for hen harriers in northern England and report your actions.
Find out how the Forestry Commission supports you if you operate in woodland designated a site of special scientific interest (SSSI).
This manual gives guidance on using the Electronic Recording System hub.
The chart represents a long standing agreement between fishermen using pots and creels and those who fish with trawls and scallop dredges.
Find out how to sell wild birds and animals legally and safely, and what licences you need to get.
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