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Use the Fish Export Service to create a UK catch certificate for fish and shellfish caught by UK flagged vessels for export.
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Information about the Fisheries and Seafood Scheme
The UKSIA manages UK domestic fishing vessel access to non-UK waters and foreign vessel access to UK waters.
Guidance on activities that may require a marine licence.
Permission is required for a burial at sea in the UK marine area.
Details of how to apply for a marine licence, what documents you need to provide, how much it costs and how long it will take
This guidance provides definitions for some commonly-used terms on the subject of marine licensing.
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is responsible for managing fishing and marine non-licensable activities in England’s marine protected areas (MPAs). MMO also manages marine licensable activities through our marine l…
Use this service to create a UK processing statement for fish and shellfish that have been imported or landed directly into the UK for processing, ready for export.
Create and submit catch records for all English and Welsh under 10 metre (U10m) flag vessels that fish in UK waters.
The Blue Belt Programme supports the UK Overseas Territories with the protection and sustainable management of their marine environments.
Guidance to assist fishers understand how and when I-VMS will be delivered in English waters, how it may affect them, their responsibilities, and the steps they need to consider.
Information on the current rules applicable to Bluefin tuna in UK waters.
Find marine planning information for England, including data on marine licenses, environmental designations and policy information from regional marine plans.
Find out which activities may be exempt from requiring a marine licence and what you need to do in such circumstances.
New legislation (The Sea Fisheries (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024) will make it a criminal offence for any recreational fishing vessel to target BFT in…
How to understand each part of your fishing vessel licence – vessel details, conditions, schedule, annex and their current copies.
How to export or move fish for human consumption from the UK.
The licence sets out where you can fish, what you are not allowed to fish and the limits for the stocks you are allowed to fish and land.
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