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
1815 August 2023 — 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 (PDF, 802 KB, 2 pages)

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)

Fish

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

2023

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 1815 August 2023 + show all updates

  1. A confirmed designation has been lifted.

  2. Contact email address updated.

  3. 1 disease designation removed, and 1 new disease designation listed.

  4. A confirmed designation has been lifted.

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

  10. A new confirmed designation has been listed.

  11. A confirmed designation has been added.

  12. A new confirmed designation has been listed.

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

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

  15. New Notice of Confirmed Designation listed.

  16. Disease controls lifted.

  17. Added new disease outbreak.

  18. A confirmed designation has been lifted.

  19. A confirmed designation has been lifted.

  20. A confirmed designation has been lifted.

  21. A confirmed designation has been lifted.

  22. A new disease outbreak listed.

  23. A number of confirmed designations have been lifted.

  24. A controlled disease has been lifted.

  25. A disease outbreak lifted.

  26. A new disease outbreak listed.

  27. A new disease outbreak listed.

  28. A new disease outbreak listed.

  29. A new disease outbreak listed.

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

  31. A new disease outbreak has now been listed.

  32. A new disease outbreak has now been listed.

  33. New KHV outbreak included to the list.

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

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

  36. All 2021 KHV disease outbreaks revoked.

  37. 2 new disease outbreaks listed.

  38. A new disease outbreak listed.

  39. A new disease outbreak listed.

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

  41. 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.

  42. A new disease outbreak listed - CD22.2021

  43. A new disease outbreak listed CD21.2021

  44. A new disease outbreak listed - CD20.2021

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

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

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

  48. A new disease outbreak now listed CD16.2021

  49. Confirmed disease outbreak list updated.

  50. CD14.2021 now published

  51. A new disease outbreak published CD13.2021

  52. KHV confirmed list updated with Bennion Pools.

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

  54. Added Theydon Bois Valley Lakes, 16th September

  55. A new disease outbreak listed

  56. CD08.2021 & CD09.2021 now listed

  57. CD07.2021 now added to 2021 listing

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

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

  60. CD04.2021 now listed

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

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

  63. A new confirmed designation for 2021 now listed

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

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

  66. A new confirmed designation published CD11.2020

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

  68. A new confirmed designation listed CD08.2020

  69. A new confirmed designation listed CD07.2020

  70. 2 new confirmed designation listed

  71. CD04.2020 map up-dated

  72. New outbreak of KHV added to the 2020 list

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

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

  75. 2020 status updated

  76. A new outbreak for 2020 to list

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

  78. A new outbreak listed

  79. A new outbreak listed

  80. A new outbreak to publish

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

  82. A new outbreak listed

  83. A new outbreak posted

  84. Added Sivyers Lake, Middlesex - 13 September

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

  86. Listed updated with confrimed disease outbreak.

  87. Updated list with new confrimed disease outbreak.

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

  89. Added Newt Pond, Haverhill, Suffolk

  90. Added Theydon Bois Valley Lakes, Essex

  91. Added Ash Ponds, Somerset

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

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

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

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

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

  97. A newer revised document is now available

  98. Removed controls lifted.

  99. Update list with new outbreak.

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

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

  102. List updated

  103. New outbreak to include in the list.

  104. List updated

  105. List is updated with a new outbreak

  106. New outbreak

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  109. List updated with a new confrimed outbreak

  110. List updated with a new confrimed outbreak

  111. Updated the list with a new outbreak

  112. List updated

  113. The list has been updated with a new outbreak

  114. List updated with a new CD

  115. Listed updated with a new putbreak confirmed

  116. List updated with new confirmed outbreaks of KHV

  117. List updated with confrimed outbreak of KHV

  118. List updated with a new outbreak

  119. Updated the list with a new updated outbreak

  120. Updated document

  121. List updated with new outbreak for 2018

  122. List for new outbreaks updated

  123. Removed Swallows

  124. New outbreak to add to the list

  125. Updated the outbreak list.

  126. Updated the list of new outbreaks for 2018

  127. CD04 included to the list of outbreaks for 2018

  128. Three new KHV outbreak attachments added for 2018

  129. 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.

  130. Added Cleverley Mare, Essex

  131. Added Boating Lake, Northamptonshire

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

  133. Added Hampstead Heath Ponds, London

  134. Added Lea Farm Lakes, Berkshire

  135. Removed The Jungle, Derbyshire

  136. Added Windsor View Lakes, Berkshire

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

  138. Added Cleveley Bridge Fishery Complex, Lancashire

  139. Added Sam Hosticks Fisheries, East Yorkshire

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

  141. Added Tyersal Hall Fishery, West Yorkshire

  142. Added Newlake, Humberside

  143. Added Bannister House Fishery, Lancashire

  144. Added Porton Ventures UK Ltd

  145. Added Meadows Fishery and Manor Park Fishery, Staffordshire

  146. Added Mansfield Lake, Kent

  147. Added designation notice for Risbey Park Fisheries, Beverley

  148. Added The Lakeside, Surrey

  149. Added East Sussed: Swanborough Fishing Lake

  150. Added details for SVC at Arden Lakes, Warwickshire

  151. 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).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  167. Added designation for Manea Pit, Cambridgeshire

  168. Added confirmation note for Frisby Water Park, Leicestershire

  169. Added designation note for Packington Somers Fishery

  170. Added the confirmation for Cromwell Lake, Cambridgeshire

  171. Added confirmation details for Ferens Lake, East Yorkshire

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

  173. Added KHV confirmed designation for Heron Pond, Nottinghamshire

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  182. Added KHV confirmed designations for Greater London and Lincolnshire

  183. CD03/2016 added

  184. CD02/2016

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

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

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

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

  189. Revised Bonamia ostreae confirmed designations

  190. Added extension to Oyster Herpesvirus Confirmed Designation in Kent

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

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

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

  194. Added KHV confirmed designation for Washing Pool, Worcestershire

  195. Amended Oyster herpesvirus confirmed designation in Kent

  196. Added KHV confirmed designation for Railway Lakes, Cambridgeshire

  197. New KHV outbreak confirmed in West Yorkshire

  198. Ruddy Pond Lakes confirmed designation added.

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

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

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

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

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

  204. Removed confirmed designation for Abbey Waters, Norfolk

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

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

  207. Added new confirmed designation for KHV in Staffordshire

  208. Added confirmed designation for KHV in Wiltshire

  209. Added Wellow Dam KHV confirmed designation

  210. Updated Trinity Waters confirmed designation

  211. Added KHV confirmed designation

  212. Added two KHV confirmed designations for Essex

  213. Confirmed Designation added for Haddon Lakes, Cambridgeshire.

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

  215. Added KHV confirmed designation

  216. Added KHV confirmed designation

  217. Added 3 KHV confirmed designations

  218. Added KHV confirmed designation

  219. Added confirmed designation for KHV

  220. Added KHV confirmed designation

  221. Added KHV confirmed designation

  222. Added Bonehill Mill Fishery Confirmed KHV Designation

  223. Confirmed designation added

  224. Added confirmed designation notice and map

  225. First published.

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