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 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 18 August 2023 + show all updates

  1. A confirmed designation has been listed.

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  3. Contact email address updated.

  4. 1 disease designation removed, and 1 new disease designation listed.

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  12. A confirmed designation has been added.

  13. A new confirmed designation has been listed.

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

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

  16. New Notice of Confirmed Designation listed.

  17. Disease controls lifted.

  18. Added new disease outbreak.

  19. A confirmed designation has been lifted.

  20. A confirmed designation has been lifted.

  21. A confirmed designation has been lifted.

  22. A confirmed designation has been lifted.

  23. A new disease outbreak listed.

  24. A number of confirmed designations have been lifted.

  25. A controlled disease has been lifted.

  26. A disease outbreak lifted.

  27. A new disease outbreak listed.

  28. A new disease outbreak listed.

  29. A new disease outbreak listed.

  30. A new disease outbreak listed.

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

  32. A new disease outbreak has now been listed.

  33. A new disease outbreak has now been listed.

  34. New KHV outbreak included to the list.

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

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

  37. All 2021 KHV disease outbreaks revoked.

  38. 2 new disease outbreaks listed.

  39. A new disease outbreak listed.

  40. A new disease outbreak listed.

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

  42. 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.

  43. A new disease outbreak listed - CD22.2021

  44. A new disease outbreak listed CD21.2021

  45. A new disease outbreak listed - CD20.2021

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

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

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

  49. A new disease outbreak now listed CD16.2021

  50. Confirmed disease outbreak list updated.

  51. CD14.2021 now published

  52. A new disease outbreak published CD13.2021

  53. KHV confirmed list updated with Bennion Pools.

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

  55. Added Theydon Bois Valley Lakes, 16th September

  56. A new disease outbreak listed

  57. CD08.2021 & CD09.2021 now listed

  58. CD07.2021 now added to 2021 listing

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

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

  61. CD04.2021 now listed

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

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

  64. A new confirmed designation for 2021 now listed

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

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

  67. A new confirmed designation published CD11.2020

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

  69. A new confirmed designation listed CD08.2020

  70. A new confirmed designation listed CD07.2020

  71. 2 new confirmed designation listed

  72. CD04.2020 map up-dated

  73. New outbreak of KHV added to the 2020 list

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

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

  76. 2020 status updated

  77. A new outbreak for 2020 to list

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

  79. A new outbreak listed

  80. A new outbreak listed

  81. A new outbreak to publish

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

  83. A new outbreak listed

  84. A new outbreak posted

  85. Added Sivyers Lake, Middlesex - 13 September

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

  87. Listed updated with confrimed disease outbreak.

  88. Updated list with new confrimed disease outbreak.

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

  90. Added Newt Pond, Haverhill, Suffolk

  91. Added Theydon Bois Valley Lakes, Essex

  92. Added Ash Ponds, Somerset

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

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

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

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

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

  98. A newer revised document is now available

  99. Removed controls lifted.

  100. Update list with new outbreak.

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

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

  103. List updated

  104. New outbreak to include in the list.

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  115. List updated with a new CD

  116. Listed updated with a new putbreak confirmed

  117. List updated with new confirmed outbreaks of KHV

  118. List updated with confrimed outbreak of KHV

  119. List updated with a new outbreak

  120. Updated the list with a new updated outbreak

  121. Updated document

  122. List updated with new outbreak for 2018

  123. List for new outbreaks updated

  124. Removed Swallows

  125. New outbreak to add to the list

  126. Updated the outbreak list.

  127. Updated the list of new outbreaks for 2018

  128. CD04 included to the list of outbreaks for 2018

  129. Three new KHV outbreak attachments added for 2018

  130. 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.

  131. Added Cleverley Mare, Essex

  132. Added Boating Lake, Northamptonshire

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

  134. Added Hampstead Heath Ponds, London

  135. Added Lea Farm Lakes, Berkshire

  136. Removed The Jungle, Derbyshire

  137. Added Windsor View Lakes, Berkshire

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

  139. Added Cleveley Bridge Fishery Complex, Lancashire

  140. Added Sam Hosticks Fisheries, East Yorkshire

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

  142. Added Tyersal Hall Fishery, West Yorkshire

  143. Added Newlake, Humberside

  144. Added Bannister House Fishery, Lancashire

  145. Added Porton Ventures UK Ltd

  146. Added Meadows Fishery and Manor Park Fishery, Staffordshire

  147. Added Mansfield Lake, Kent

  148. Added designation notice for Risbey Park Fisheries, Beverley

  149. Added The Lakeside, Surrey

  150. Added East Sussed: Swanborough Fishing Lake

  151. Added details for SVC at Arden Lakes, Warwickshire

  152. 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).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  168. Added designation for Manea Pit, Cambridgeshire

  169. Added confirmation note for Frisby Water Park, Leicestershire

  170. Added designation note for Packington Somers Fishery

  171. Added the confirmation for Cromwell Lake, Cambridgeshire

  172. Added confirmation details for Ferens Lake, East Yorkshire

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

  174. Added KHV confirmed designation for Heron Pond, Nottinghamshire

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  183. Added KHV confirmed designations for Greater London and Lincolnshire

  184. CD03/2016 added

  185. CD02/2016

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

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

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

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

  190. Revised Bonamia ostreae confirmed designations

  191. Added extension to Oyster Herpesvirus Confirmed Designation in Kent

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

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

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

  195. Added KHV confirmed designation for Washing Pool, Worcestershire

  196. Amended Oyster herpesvirus confirmed designation in Kent

  197. Added KHV confirmed designation for Railway Lakes, Cambridgeshire

  198. New KHV outbreak confirmed in West Yorkshire

  199. Ruddy Pond Lakes confirmed designation added.

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

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

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

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

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

  205. Removed confirmed designation for Abbey Waters, Norfolk

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

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

  208. Added new confirmed designation for KHV in Staffordshire

  209. Added confirmed designation for KHV in Wiltshire

  210. Added Wellow Dam KHV confirmed designation

  211. Updated Trinity Waters confirmed designation

  212. Added KHV confirmed designation

  213. Added two KHV confirmed designations for Essex

  214. Confirmed Designation added for Haddon Lakes, Cambridgeshire.

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

  216. Added KHV confirmed designation

  217. Added KHV confirmed designation

  218. Added 3 KHV confirmed designations

  219. Added KHV confirmed designation

  220. Added confirmed designation for KHV

  221. Added KHV confirmed designation

  222. Added KHV confirmed designation

  223. Added Bonehill Mill Fishery Confirmed KHV Designation

  224. Confirmed designation added

  225. Added confirmed designation notice and map

  226. First published.

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