2014-05-16

Updated: Added KHV confirmed designations for Greater London and Lincolnshire

Each year thousands of fish and shellfish die from disease. Recovering from an outbreak can take a long time and can be very expensive.

Serious fish and shellfish diseases

You must tell the Fish Health Inspectorate (FHI) if fish or shellfish:

could be infected with a serious or notifiable disease

are dying in larger numbers or dying in a way you haven’t seen before

Prevent the spread of disease in fish and shellfish

You can help control the spread of disease if you:

follow rules for imports

perform regular monitoring to spot disease early

contain outbreaks as quickly as possible

use good fish husbandry practice

follow rules when moving fish

keep health records using the
Finfish biosecurity logbook
(PDF, 123KB, 7 pages)

keep medicine records using the
Aquatic animal medicine record book
(PDF, 254KB, 52 pages)

follow a biosecurity measures plan:

Shellfish biosecurity measures plan
(PDF, 500KB, 28 pages)

Finfish biosecurity measures plan
(PDF, 325KB, 32 pages)

Importer biosecurity measures plan
(PDF, 244KB, 36 pages)

Control areas for notifiable disease outbreaks

If a notifiable disease is found, FHI puts controls in place to limit the spread of disease (these areas are known as confirmed designations).

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

comply with any conditions issued by FHI

get written permission from FHI to move fish or equipment (allow at least 5 working days)

Fish

Maps of areas with controls in place to limit the spread of koi herpesvirus (KHV):

2016

Greater London: Maidenhead Aquatics
(PDF, 125KB, 2 pages)

Hereford & Worcs: Severn Sport & Leisure, Larford Lakes
(PDF, 465KB, 3 pages)

Hereford & Worcestershire: Brockamin Fisheries
(PDF, 473KB, 3 pages)

Lincolnshire: Bain Valley Fisheries
(PDF, 593KB, 3 pages)

2015

Cambridgeshire: Railway Lakes
(PDF, 422KB, 3 pages)

Cheshire: Ruddy Pond Lakes
(PDF, 391KB, 3 pages)

Essex: Ellis Lake Fishery
(PDF, 328KB, 3 pages)

Gwent: Morgans & Woodstock Ponds
(PDF, 459KB, 3 pages)

Lincolnshire: Bourne Farm Pond
(PDF, 373KB, 3 pages)

Lincolnshire: Lake Ross
(PDF, 404KB, 3 pages)

Lincolnshire: Woodlands Fishery
(PDF, 399KB, 3 pages)

Northumberland: Thornborough Pond
(PDF, 290KB, 3 pages)

South Yorkshire: Bankend Fisheries
(PDF, 404KB, 3 pages)

West Yorkshire: Kippax Polo Pond
(PDF, 425KB, 3 pages)

Worcestershire: Washing Pool
(PDF, 303KB, 3 pages)

2014

Cambridgeshire: Haddon Lakes
(PDF, 359KB, 3 pages)

Essex: Great Oakley Fisheries
(PDF, 287KB, 3 pages)

Essex: Pea Lane Fishery
(PDF, 285KB, 3 pages)

Essex: Puddledock Farm Fisheries
(PDF, 305KB, 3 pages)

Essex: Slough House Lake
(PDF, 270KB, 3 pages)

Essex: Valence Moat
(PDF, 317KB, 3 pages)

Gloucestershire: Ford House Farm Fishery
(PDF, 648KB, 3 pages)

Gloucestershire: Wickwater Lakes
(PDF, 417KB, 3 pages)

Hampshire: Longbridge Fishery
(PDF, 282KB, 3 pages)

Hampshire: Stoneham Lakes
(PDF, 333KB, 3 pages)

Norfolk: Oakwood Park Lakes
(PDF, 299KB, 3 pages)

Nottinghamshire: Goosedale Fisheries and Leisure
(PDF, 482KB, 3 pages)

Nottinghamshire: Wellow Dam
(PDF, 324KB, 3 pages)

Somerset: Avalon Fishery
(PDF, 320KB, 3 pages)

Somerset: Plantations Lakes
(PDF, 320KB, 3 pages)

Somerset: Trinity Waters
(PDF, 804KB, 3 pages)

South Yorkshire: Hoyle Mill Dam
(PDF, 303KB, 3 pages)

Staffordshire: Baden Hall Fishery
(PDF, 982KB, 3 pages)

Staffordshire: Bonehill Mill Fishery
(PDF, 394KB, 3 pages)

Staffordshire: Hanchurch Fisheries
(PDF, 334KB, 3 pages)

West Sussex: Hurston Lane Fishery
(PDF, 320KB, 3 pages)

West Sussex: Woodpeckers Fishing Lakes
(PDF, 346KB, 3 pages)

Wiltshire: Tockenham Reservoir
(PDF, 322KB, 3 pages)

2013

Buckinghamshire: Billet Lane Lake
(PDF, 947KB, 3 pages)

Cambridgeshire: Townsend Lakes Fishery
(PDF, 949KB, 3 pages)

Cambridgeshire: Leland Water
(PDF, 674KB, 3 pages)

Derbyshire: Stoppo's pool
(PDF, 640KB, 3 pages)

East Yorkshire: Wansford Trout and Coarse Fishery
(PDF, 648KB, 3 pages)

Essex: Crondon Park Golf Club Lakes
(PDF, 1.32MB, 3 pages)

Leicestershire: Park Hill golf course
(PDF, 1.15MB, 3 pages)

Lincolnshire: Blyton Ponds Holiday Park
(PDF, 652KB, 3 pages)

Lincolnshire: Duck ponds
(PDF, 665KB, 3 pages)

Nottinghamshire: Bilsthorpe Fisheries
(PDF, 662KB, 3 pages)

Somerset: Acorn Carp Fishery
(PDF, 915KB, 3 pages)

South Yorkshire: Woodhouse Grange Fishery
(PDF, 811KB, 3 pages)

Suffolk: Carlton Meres Country Park Lakes
(PDF, 690KB, 3 pages)

West Midlands: Lavender Hall Fishery complex
(PDF, 931KB, 3 pages)

West Sussex: Furnace Pond
(PDF, 681KB, 3 pages)

2012

Cheshire: Gorsty Hall Fishing Lakes
(PDF, 171KB, 1 page)

Derbyshire: Coopers Arms Lake and Weston Moat Fishery
(PDF, 178KB, 1 page)

East Sussex: Frant Lakes
(PDF, 536KB, 1 page)

South Yorkshire: Morehall Fishery
(PDF, 236KB, 1 page)

South Yorkshire: Tin Mill Dam
(PDF, 222KB, 1 page)

Suffolk: Henstead Fishing Lakes
(PDF, 191KB, 1 page)

2011

Kent: Crossways Business Park
(PDF, 281KB, 1 page)

2010

Greater London: Dell Fishery
(PDF, 279KB, 1 page)

2009

Norfolk: Barford Lakes
(PDF, 489KB, 1 page)

Norfolk: Colton and Greenacre Reservoir
(PDF, 300KB, 1 page)

Surrey: Willinghurst Fisheries
(PDF, 543KB, 1 page)

West Sussex: Passies Ponds Fishery Lakes
(PDF, 338KB, 1 page)

Shellfish

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

Alternatively below are individual maps of control areas of each disease:

Bonamia ostreae

Anglesey and Caernarfonshire
(PDF, 1.14MB, 3 pages)

Cornwall and Devon
(PDF, 1.01MB, 3 pages)

Dorset, Hampshire and Sussex
(PDF, 1.17MB, 3 pages)

Kent and Essex
(PDF, 1.47MB, 3 pages)

Pembrokeshire
(PDF, 1.02MB, 3 pages)

Oyster herpesvirus

Kent
(PDF, 481KB, 3 pages)

Poole Harbour Dorset
(PDF, 694KB, 3 pages)

River Roach, Crouch, Blackwater and Colne
(PDF, 806KB, 3 pages)

River Teign, Devon
(PDF, 1.05MB, 3 pages)

Marteilia refringens

River Tamar, Cornwall and Devon
(PDF, 385KB, 4 pages)

Contacts

Fish Health Inspectorate

Email
fhi@cefas.co.uk

Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm
01305 206700

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

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