 In 2008, the angelshark also received full legal protection from human activities in the waters off England and Wales from the coast to a distance of , under the UK Wildlife and Countryside Act.Since 2010, it has been illegal to keep angelsharks caught in waters of the European Union (if caught, it must be released).The United Kingdom and Belgium have pushed, unsuccessfully, for this species to be listed on the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic Priority List of Threatened and Endangered Species.