• Aggregates and dredging
• Fisheries Science Partnership
• Offshore Chemical Notification Scheme
• Returning tagged fish and shellfish
  • Return tagged fish
  • Return tagged shellfish

Related links

• Tags and tracking
• Our tagging programmes
• Unusual fish

Return tagged fish

• Telephone our 24-hour tag-reporting hotline: +44 (0) 1502 524526
• Complete our online fish tag return form
• Email: FTH@cefas.co.uk
• Either complete and print out this fish tag return form (PDF, 37 KB). Post it with the tag to Fish Tag Returns, Cefas, Pakefield Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR33 0HT, UK
• Or return the tag and fish (if possible) with details of where and when it was caught to your local Marine Management Organisation (MMO) office.

Rewards

We will pay £6 for conventional tags, plus the market value of the fish and any postage incurred.

For DST-tagged fish, we pay a reward of €75 for the return of the DST and additional €25 if the fish is returned. Also, your return will be entered into our annual lottery draw, with the chance of winning a further £1,000.