What we do

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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Our policies

  1. Marine environment
  2. Marine fisheries

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Documents

Our announcements

  1. Blue Belt publication for schools launched

    • News story

  2. Changes to the assessment economic link conditions

    • News story

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Our consultations

  1. Proposed catch limits for April 2018

    • Closed consultation

  2. Marine conservation plans

    • Consultation outcome

See all our consultations

Our publications

  1. Recovery of abandoned, lost and discarded fishing gear

    • Guidance

  2. Marine licensing guidance for recreational divers

    • Guidance

See all our publications

Our statistics

  1. Monthly sea fisheries statistics January 2018

    • National Statistics

  2. Monthly sea fisheries statistics December 2017

    • National Statistics

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Our management

Contact MMO

Head office address

Lancaster House
Hampshire Court
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE4 7YH

Communications team

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

New Fish Quay
Brixham
Devon
TQ5 8AW

Beverley office (previously Grimsby)

Room 13, Ground Floor
Crosskill House
Mill Lane
Beverley
HU17 9JB

Harwich office

Miranda House
The Quay
Harwich
CO12 3HH

Hastings office

Fish Market
Rock-A-Nore Road
Hastings
East Sussex
TN34 3DW

London office (Nobel, Ergon and Millbank)

17 Smith Square
London

SW1P 3JR

Lowestoft office

Pakefield Road
Lowestoft
Suffolk

NR33 0HT

North Shields office

Neville House
Central Riverside
Bell Street
North Shields
Tyne and Wear
NE30 1LJ

Hayle office

Chi Gallos
Hayle Marine Renewables Business Park
North Quay
Hayle
TR27 4DD

Plymouth office

The Fish Quay
Sutton Harbour
Plymouth
Devon
PL4 0LH

Poole office

The Quay
Poole
Dorset
BH15 1HP

Portsmouth office

Lynx House
1 Northern Road
Portsmouth

PO6 3XB

Preston office

Lutra House
Dodd Way
Walton Summit

Preston
PR5 8BX

Scarborough office

Unit 2a
Newchase Court
Hopper Hill Road
Eastfield
Scarborough
North Yorkshire
YO11 3YS

Shoreham office

Pilots' Watch House
Basin Road South
Portslade
West Sussex
BN41 1WD

Whitehaven office

Fish Hall
North Harbour
North Shore
Whitehaven
Cumbria

CA28 7XY

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Lancaster House
Hampshire Court
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE4 7YH

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