Marine fisheries

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Services

• Give prior notification to land fish in the EU

  You'll need to give prior notification before you land fish directly from your UK flagged vessel in an EU designated port.

• Commercial fishing vessel licence application form

  Use this form to apply for a licence for a British-registered fishing vessel.

• Fixed quota allocation units

  Details and forms for transferring fixed quota allocation units and getting a new holding statement.

• Combine or separate a fishing vessel licence or entitlement (AFL19)

  Use this form to combine or separate a vessel licence or entitlement and use the component parts of the licence or entitlement.

• Annual report of the grantee

  This form is for grantees of Shellfish Orders.

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Guidance and regulation

• Create a UK catch certificate
  • Detailed guide
  • 4 May 2021
  • Marine Management Organisation
• Create a UK processing statement
  • Detailed guide
  • 1 December 2020
  • Marine Management Organisation
• Fishing vessel licence requirements
  • Detailed guide
  • 5 August 2014
  • Marine Management Organisation
• Fishing vessel licence variations
  • Statutory guidance
  • 22 July 2021
  • Marine Management Organisation
• Minimum fish landing sizes
  • Statutory guidance
  • 12 November 2018
  • Marine Management Organisation

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News and communications

• UK Government-led support for the Scottish seafood exports sector
  • 15 June 2021
  • Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, HM Revenue & Customs, and The Scottish Government
  • News story
• UK and EU agreement on catch levels for 2021
  • 11 June 2021
  • Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • Press release
• UK shellfish exports: Environment Secretary's Commons statement, 8 February 2021
  • 8 February 2021
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • Oral statement
• Changes to demersal trawl selectivity measures in the Celtic Sea
  • 31 December 2020
  • Marine Management Organisation
  • News story
• UK and Greenland strengthen cooperation on fisheries
  • 9 November 2020
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • News story

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Research and statistics

• Vessel lists over 10 metres
  • 1 July 2021
  • Marine Management Organisation
  • Statistical data set
• Western Channel Cuttlefish report: December 2018–June 2019
  • 1 October 2020
  • Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
  • Research
• R046 - Predicting Fishing effort and impact
  • 4 September 2020
  • Marine Management Organisation
  • Research
• Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science – Research at Cefas
  • 19 March 2020
  • Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
  • Research
• Effort statistics July 2019
  • 6 August 2019
  • Marine Management Organisation
  • Statistical data set

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Policy papers and consultations

• January 2020 catch limit consultation
  • 13 December 2019
  • Marine Management Organisation
  • Closed consultation
  • Date closed 18 December 2019
• November 2019 catch limit consultation
  • 24 October 2019
  • Marine Management Organisation
  • Closed consultation
  • Date closed 28 October 2019
• October 2019 catch limit consultation
  • 19 September 2019
  • Marine Management Organisation
  • Closed consultation
  • Date closed 25 September 2019
• September 2019 catch limit consultation
  • 21 August 2019
  • Marine Management Organisation
  • Closed consultation
  • Date closed 27 August 2019
• Fisheries: cod, haddock, saithe, whiting, plaice, herring and sprat management in the North Sea
  • 29 June 2021
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• Marine Management Organisation (MMO): gender pay gap report 2020
  • 12 January 2021
  • Marine Management Organisation
  • Transparency
• European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) implementation reports
  • 23 October 2020
  • Marine Management Organisation
  • Corporate report
• UK Government Blue Belt programme: Overseas Territories work plans and project costs
  • 7 September 2020
  • Marine Management Organisation
  • Foi release
• Marine Management Organisation (MMO): gender pay gap report 2019
  • 24 January 2020
  • Marine Management Organisation
  • Transparency
• Marine Management Organisation (MMO): gender pay gap report 2018
  • 19 December 2018
  • Marine Management Organisation
  • Transparency

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Organisations

• Marine Management Organisation
• Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
• Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
• Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Department for Transport

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• Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland
• HM Revenue & Customs
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