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Support for seafood businesses to help them from 1 January 2021, following the Trade and Cooperation Agreement with the EU.
Our MMO Story - the next ten years
Corporate report
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) launches its aims and ambitions for the future of our seas, coasts and communities.
Fish exporters prepare now for 1 January
News story
The Fish Export Service is now available for fish and seafood exporters.
How does the MMO protect MPAs?
Blog post
The MMO Marine Conservation Team explains the organisation’s role in protecting MPAs.
Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is helping fishing and seafood industries to prepare for our new trading relationships with the EU and rest of the world.
MMO issue over 2200 fishing vessel licences following UK and EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement
News story
New fishing licences explained
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What Marine Management Organisation does
We license, regulate and plan marine activities in the seas around England so that they’re carried out in a sustainable way.
MMO is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs.
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- Give prior notification to land fish in the EU
- Check the public register of marine licence applications and decisions
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- MMO issue over 2200 fishing vessel licences following UK and EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement
- Guidance to support commercial fishermen, merchants and exporters following the UK/EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement.
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Head office address
Hampshire Court
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE4 7YH
United Kingdom
MMO helpline
0300 123 1032
Fish exports helpline
Telephone (9am to 5pm)
0330 159 1989
Fisheries management & control
Catch Recording Helpline
Main helpline: 0300 0203 788 The line is staffed from 9am until 5pm, Monday to Friday. Outside of these times, the contact centre operates an automated service to allow fishers to leave catch records over the phone.
Marine & fisheries funds
Main office:
0208 026 5539
Marine planning
Main office:
0208 0265 325
Marine licensing
Main office:
0191 376 2791
Blue Belt
Other enquiries
Main office:
0330 123 1032
Communications team
Telephone
0300 123 1032
Contact details for enquiries from journalists/media organisations only. For urgent queries out of hours (weekends and 5pm - 9am weekdays) please use email. The auto-response message you will receive includes further instructions on how to contact the duty officer.
Brixham office
Brixham
Devon
TQ5 8AW
United Kingdom
Telephone
01803 853 383
Beverley office (previously Grimsby)
Crosskill House
Mill Lane
Beverley
HU17 9JB
United Kingdom
Telephone:
0208 026 0519
Harwich office
The Quay
Harwich
CO12 3HH
United Kingdom
Telephone
01255 508 973
Hastings office
Rock-A-Nore Road
Hastings
East Sussex
TN34 3DW
United Kingdom
Telephone
01424 424 109 or 01424 438 125
London office (Nobel, Ergon and Millbank)
London
SW1P 3JR
United Kingdom
Telephone
020 7238 5518
Lowestoft office
Lowestoft
Suffolk
NR33 0HT
United Kingdom
Telephone
02080266094
North Shields office
Central Riverside
Bell Street
North Shields
Tyne and Wear
NE30 1LJ
United Kingdom
Telephone
0191 257 4520 or 0191 257 0159
Hayle office
Hayle Marine Renewables Business Park
North Quay
Hayle
TR27 4DD
United Kingdom
Telephone
01736 757 303
Plymouth office
Sutton Harbour
Plymouth
Devon
PL4 0LH
United Kingdom
Telephone
01752 228 001
Poole office
Poole
Dorset
BH15 1HP
United Kingdom
Telephone
01202 677 539
Portsmouth office
1 Northern Road
Portsmouth
PO6 3XB
United Kingdom
Telephone
02392 373435
If no reply, please contact Shoreham office: 01273 424 849
Preston office
Dodd Way
Walton Summit
Preston
PR5 8BX
United Kingdom
Telephone
0208 0265643
Scarborough office
Newchase Court
Hopper Hill Road
Eastfield
Scarborough
North Yorkshire
YO11 3YS
United Kingdom
Telephone
01723 580 040
Shoreham office
Basin Road South
Portslade
West Sussex
BN41 1WD
United Kingdom
Telephone
01273 424 849
Whitehaven office
North Harbour
North Shore
Whitehaven
Cumbria
CA28 7XY
United Kingdom
Telephone
01946 591 287
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Newcastle upon Tyne
NE4 7YH
United Kingdom
Telephone
0300 123 1032
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