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Seal licensing: application form and guidance

Last updated: 17 January 2022 - see all updates
Directorate: Marine Directorate
Part of: Law and order, Marine and fisheries

Guidance notes for applications for a licence authorising the killing or taking of seals under the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010: Part 6 - conservation of seals.

Seal licensing

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Licensing process

Marine Scotland will consult with Sea Mammal Research Unit and NatureScot about each application on a case by case basis. It will then consider the merits of each individual application in light of consultees comments and in the context of the PBR.

Seal licence process update diagram

Contact

Email: seal.licensing@gov.scot

First published: 17 February 2021
Last updated: 17 January 2022 - show all updates
All updates: 17 January 2022
Updated application form

14 January 2022
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