Listed below is the latest news issued by Defra, The Environment Agency and the Fish Health Inspectorate regarding live aquatic animals.

• 23 May 2013 – Have your say on how environmental rules and regulations can be made more straightforward
• 29 January 2013 – Notification of withdrawal of Koi herpesvirus designations
• 27 December 2012 – Viral Hemorrhagic Septicaemia (VHS) outbreak confirmed in Scotland
• 2 November 2012 – Epizootic ulcerative syndrome removed from controlled diseases in England and Wales
• 27 September 2012 - Koi herpesvirus outbreak confirmed in Derby, Derbyshire
• 19 September 2012 – Koi herpesvirus outbreak confirmed in Beccles, Suffolk
• 18 September 2012 – Koi herpesvirus outbreak confirmed in Crewe, Cheshire
• 10 September 2012 – Koi herpesvirus outbreak confirmed in Tunbridge Wells, East Sussex
• 5 September 2012 – Oyster herpesvirus Confirmed Designation updated
• 30 August 2012 – Koi herpesvirus outbreak confirmed in Sheffield, South Yorkshire
• 24 August 2012 – Koi herpesvirus outbreak confirmed in Sheffield, South Yorkshire
• 10 August 2012 – Oyster herpesvirus (OsHV-1 µvar) oubreak confirmed, Essex
• 17 November 2011 – Koi Herpesvirus outbreak confirmed in Dartford, Kent
• 10 November 2011 – Notice to importers, wholesales and retailers of tropical fish: illegal imports of Genetically Modified (GM) fish
• 8 November 2011 – Bonamia Ostreae outbreak confirmed in Menai Strait, North Wales
• 5 October 2011 –  Koi Herpesvirus outbreak confirmed in East Yorkshire
• 28 September 2011 – Koi Herpesvirus (KHV) Outbreak Confirmed
• 23 September 2011 – Video gets the message out: we will catch fish smugglers
• 25 August 2011 - First detection of Marteilia refringens in the UK
• 12 August 2011 – KHV outbreak confirmed
• 10 August 2011 – KHV outbreak confirmed
• 14 June 2011 – SVC outbreak confirmed
• 5 May 2011 – Environment Agency: First prosecution under ILFA
• 4 April 2011 – Expert opinion consultation – weighting routes of disease introduction to and spread from salmonid freshwater finfish farms in England and Wales
• 1 April 2011 – SVC detected in imported fish
• 31 March 2011 – Efishbusiness website merged into Defra’s
• 30 March 2011 - Changes to the control of Bacterial Kidney Disease (BKD) in Great Britain
• 29 March 2011 – Changes to importing Garra rufa for spa or medical use
• 24 February 2011 – Bonamia exitiosa outbreak confirmed
• 09 February 2011 – Disinfectant Listing Scheme: first products listed
• 10 Demember 2010 – Great Britain gains SVC freedom

Previous news items from the Efishbusiness website are archived and can be viewed on the National Archives website.