Introduction

You can apply once you have:

1) the certificate of registry in your name(s) from one of the following;

• Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) UK Ship Register
• Isle of Man Ship Registry
• Jersey ships Registry
• Registry of British ships from Guernsey Harbours.

2) at least one fishing entitlement in your name to license your vessel

3) an English, Isle of Man, Jersey or Guernsey port, letter, number (PLN) on your vessel.

The application form must be filled in by:

• the registered owner(s) of the vessel to be licensed
• an authorised signatory for the registered owner(s)
• a person with power of attorney for the registered owner(s)

To complete this application, you will need to have available:

• the certificate of registry
• vessel owner(s) contact details
• nominee and/or nominated person contact details
• the details for the entitlements you want to use to license this vessel (found on your AFL7 section D or AFL19 section F). The holder's details on the entitlements must be the same as the vessel owner details on the certificate of registry

Please make sure the entitlement(s) you want to use to license this vessel are suitable for your requirements:

• overall length of the vessel (over 10 metres, or 10 metres and under)
• licence category
• licence permits – shellfish (all vessel lengths), scallop and beam trawl areas 4 and 7 (over 10m vessels only)
• engine power
• tonnage

Important

If the entitlements do not contain enough engine power or tonnage to license this vessel, you will need to obtain another entitlement to cover the shortfall.

If the engine power and tonnage on the entitlement are greater than the vessel requirements, any excess will be lost forever unless you first submit an AFL19 application to separate a fishing vessel licence entitlement. This is also known as disaggregating an entitlement.

Before you proceed with an application to separate a fishing vessel licence entitlement, please ensure that by disaggregating an entitlement it won’t affect the resulting shellfish, scallop or beam trawl permit. To access an AFL19 application form select this link (opens in new tab))