Licence for an individual to protect their fishery from fish-eating birds (A06 and A07)
Apply for a licence to kill or take fish-eating birds causing significant damage to a fishery and find out how to report your actions.
Applies to England
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You may get a licence to kill or take wild birds if there鈥檚 no other satisfactory way to prevent serious damage to your fishery or inland waters.
This licence applies to:
- cormorants (use form A06)
- goosanders
- mergansers
- herons
There鈥檚 a separate licence to protect fisheries from damage by otters.
Report your actions
You must report any actions you took using this licence. Use the online report form (LR06-07) on this page. When you submit the form, it will automatically be sent to Natural England.
If you cannot use the online report form, email [email protected] to ask for a paper copy. You can send or email your completed form to Natural England using the details on the form.
You must report within 14 days of your licence expiring, even if you鈥檝e taken no action.
If you do not submit a report, Natural England may revoke (cancel) your licence and refuse future applications.
Renew your licence
You can use the report form to request to renew your licence.
Updates to this page
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We are currently making improvements to our licensing forms. The report of your actions form on this page will change to a new format in early March 2025. Once this happens, the current version of the form will no longer be available.
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Added information to the 鈥楻eport your actions鈥� section to clarify that you must report within 14 days of your licence expiring, even if you鈥檝e taken no action.
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Replaced the licence report form with an online version.
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Replaced cormorant application form (A06) with revised version.
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First published.