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Mandatory housing measures set to be lifted in England, Wales and Northern Ireland
Mandatory housing measures for all poultry and captive birds will be lifted from 18 April in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Mandatory housing measures for all poultry and captive birds will be lifted from 18 April in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Volunteers are needed to help count woodcock over three evenings during May and June as part of a national survey.
The new set of interim General Licences announced by DAERA will run from 1 January 2023 until the end of February 2023.
Edwin Poots MLA has agreed to support the Northern Ireland Firearms Representative Group, of which BASC is a member.
Following the consultation undertaken by the Department of Agriculture Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) in the summer, the department have issued new general licences, which are valid from 17 October 2022 and remain in force until 31 December 2022.
BASC continues to monitor the developing situation with avian influenza, providing the latest advice and guidance to members via our AI hub.
They currently have a backlog of firearms licence applications that is sitting at roughly 3,000 applications and rising.
BASC’s online election platform allows shooters to contact their local NI Assembly candidates ahead of the election on 5 May.
Northern Ireland’s largest shooting and countryside organisations have joined forces to help improve firearms licensing.