Establish an entitlement or transfer a licence entitlement or licence

A licence entitlement is created when a licence is no longer attached to an active fishing vessel. This may occur when a vessel:

• is sold with or without its licence
• sinks
• is scrapped
• is otherwise deregistered

Who can apply

Use this application if you:

• have a licence or licence entitlement that is administered by the Marine Management Organisation
• are the current licence or licence entitlement holder
• are one of the current licence or licence entitlement holders applying on behalf of all holders. You must have permission from all holders to make this application
• are the executor for the estate of the deceased holder
• are an authorised signatory for the holders
• have power of attorney for the holders

and you need to either:

• establish a licence entitlement in your name
• transfer the licence or licence entitlement to another party

Important information

New holders

You do not need to complete this application but you will need to provide the current holder with the following details so they can tell us that they are surrendering their rights to a licence or licence entitlement to you.

The current holder will need the following details for all new holders;

• name
• address
• email address
• mobile phone number
• your company registration number if you are a UK company

Once Marine Management Organisation receive the application from the current holder, we will notify you by email and you will be able to check the licence or licence entitlement details. If everything is in order, we will aim to send your notification of licence entitlement within 5 working days.

Current holders

Information you will need to complete this application.

1) The current licence or licence entitlement details, these can be found on the:

• fishing vessel licence
• notification of a licence entitlement AFL7 section D
• notification of an entitlement disaggregation AFL19 section F

2) If you are transferring the licence entitlement to another party, we need the name, address, email and phone number of all new licence entitlement holders.

3) We also require photographic ID for all current licence or licence entitlement holders, such as a copy of passport, driving licence or national identity card so we can complete an identity check. If a holder does not have photographic ID we will accept one of the following: a birth certificate or an old style driving licence.

4) If you are applying on behalf of the licence or licence entitlement holders we will need the following documents:

• for an executor of an estate, you will need to provide proof of probate
• for an authorised signatory, you will need to provide proof of authorisation
• for a person with power of attorney, you will need to provide proof of power of attorney