Publications

Guidance note for the Support for Improvements to Shore-Based Facilities for the Maritime and Fisheries Fund NI grant scheme

Guidance on Aquaculture, Processing and Marketing for the Maritime and Fisheries Fund NI grant scheme

The Northern Ireland Native Woodland Group (NINWG)was created to ensure that activities related to the implementation of native woodland habitat action plans are well co-ordinated and supported.

Guidance note for Support for investments on board fishing vessels for the Maritime Fisheries Fund NI grant scheme

Guidance on Support for Fishing Vessel Energy Improvements and Re-Engining for the Maritime and Fisheries Fund NI grant scheme

AIPM4 Application for Flock Number 2021

The scoping stage of forestry planning is intended to enable you, and other stakeholders, to become involved, at the outset, in the process of developing a plan for the promotion of afforestation and sustainable forestry in the West Fermanagh Forestry Planning Area.

How to complete your Environmental Farming Scheme Claim on your Single Application 2022

Six-year report on the marine plan process for Northern Ireland’s inshore and offshore regions for the period 2015 to 2021

Special arrangements have been put in place to facilitate the non-commercial movement of pet animals travelling with their owners from Ukraine or with EU citizens currently living in the Russian Federation or Belarus and wishing to return to the EU with their pets in emergency

Special Measures in Place for People Travelling to Northern Ireland (NI) with Pets from Ukraine, and for EU Citizens Travelling from Russia

The application should be submitted 7 days prior to the expected date of arrival in Northern Ireland. You should complete one application for each pet that you are bringing to Northern Ireland

Packaging waste: Introduction of Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging – Summary of consultation responses and Government response documents

The consultation closed on 19 November 2021. A total of 63 responses were received from organisations and individuals. Below is the high level overview of responses and the Consultation Summary of responses.

Rural Policy Framework for NI Documents

On 11 November 2021 Minister Poots launched a public consultation exercise on a draft Environment Strategy for Northern Ireland during his visit to COP26 in Glasgow.

Canine Socialisation – Report on social contact between dogs, in licensed boarding establishments

On 24 March 2022, the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Edwin Poots MLA, launched a new Bovine Tuberculosis (bTB) Eradication Strategy for Northern Ireland.

Despite unprecedented pressures across all departments due to the Covid pandemic, DAERA, in partnership with DoF, has removed all unnecessary single-use plastic (SUP) from the Government estate within the target date of October 2021. A ban on the use of unnece