The Prohibition of Keeping or Release of Live Fish (Specified Species) (England) Order 2014.

The purpose of this instrument is to provide improved protection against potentially invasive non-native fish species which are capable of surviving in colder English waters, whilst ensuring established trade can continue unaffected. Under section 2 no person may, except under the authority of a licence granted by the Secretary of State, keep or release any live freshwater fish, or the live eggs of any freshwater fish, which (a)belongs to a taxonomic order specified in the first column of the table in Part 1 of the Schedule; and (b) is not native to England and Wales. The requirement for a licence does not apply in relation to any species of non-native fish that is specified in the third column of the table in Part 2 of the Schedule and belongs to a taxonomic order specified in the first column of the table in Part 1 of the Schedule.