Guidance

Evidence and the Marine Management Organisation (MMO)

Marine Management Organisation evidence strategy, requirements and reports.

From:
Marine Management Organisation
Published
23 May 2018
Last updated
22 October 2025 — See all updates

Documents

Evidence Strategy

PDF, 1.12 MB, 19 pages

Evidence requirements

HTML

Evidence projects register

HTML

Partnership projects published elsewhere

HTML

Quality assurance evidence process

PDF, 176 KB, 12 pages

Details

Our seas are vast and complex and there is much still to learn and understand about their delicate ecosystems. Access to high quality evidence is critical to this.

Evidence influences much of our work, ensuring we continue to make informed decisions using the most up to date research to manage the increasing demands on the marine environment and its resources

Evidence strategy

The Marine Management Organisation’s (MMO) Evidence strategy 2020 -2025 sets MMO priorities for evidence that will ensure our delivery is underpinned with excellent science delivered in the most efficient way over the next five years. This strategy readies MMO for the new challenges faced and builds from MMO previous Evidence Strategy 2015 to 2020 .

Evidence requirements

As part of the strategy development we reviewed our evidence requirements. Each evidence requirement has a more detailed Evidence Delivery Plan. This includes research requirements, how the evidence will be used, a proposed method for filling the gap and a summary of existing evidence and current activity.

Evidence reports

Knowledge sharing and collaboration is an important part of our evidence strategy. All our evidence reports are published and available online.

Contact

For further information on our evidence strategy, evidence requirements or published reports email the MMO evidence team.

Updates to this page

Published 23 May 2018
Last updated 22 October 2025 show all updates

  1. Review of Marine Planning Evaluations {MMO1332} updated on the Evidence projects register.

  2. Mapping important areas for the UK and non-UK 12-metre and over fishing fleets, Phase 3 {MMO1467} added.

  3. Update 17/06

  4. Update 21/01

  5. Updates to MMO1381 and MMO1414.

  6. Enhancing Seafood Traceability: Solutions and Industry Challenges {MMO1425} added.

  7. Update 04/12

  8. Updated 1382

  9. Process evaluation for the development of Lyme Bay fisheries management measures {MMO1406} page added.

  10. MMO1407, MMO1434 and MMO1440 added to on-going.

  11. Friday 11 October 2024 - Updates to MMO1414, MMO1289, MMO1406 and MMO1384.

  12. Developing Network Analysis to Support Participatory Approaches {MMO1341} added.

  13. MMO1205A and MMO1389 added to the Evidence projects register.

  14. Fisheries co-existence toolkit {MMO1429} and Local decision making {MMO1432} added.

  15. Fisher Engagement Capacity Needs {MMO1383} added.

  16. Socio-economic value of fisheries {MMO1387} added.

  17. Regional Fisheries Groups Evaluation {MMO1403} added.

  18. MMO1414 - Complete

  19. Update 07 October 2024

  20. MMO1388 added to the Evidence projects register.

  21. New project added: Livelihood adaptation in fisheries and social resilience – a literature review and conceptual framework { MMO1416}

  22. Evidence projects register - update

  23. Added: Exploring the challenges, opportunities and barriers to local decision making in the context of marine planning {MMO1375}

  24. Small amends

  25. 21 May 2024 update to MMO1332.

  26. Small amends

  27. Evidence projects register - 2024 update

  28. Update 14-03-24

  29. Engagement experiences {1277} - update

  30. Projects added to completed 2023

  31. Document added to completed in 2023

  32. Evidence collation for Fisheries Management Plans development {MMO1247} added to 2022

  33. U10m Catch limits and Lyme Bay (MMO1337) moved from the on-going to Completed in 2023’

  34. Evidence register update

  35. All updated

  36. 25 April 2023 update.

  37. 31 March 2023 update.

  38. Update - MMO1297

  39. Evidence projects register - update to on-going projects

  40. Amended

  41. Updating registers

  42. updates to registers

  43. Updated partnership projects published elsewhere

  44. Project register updated

  45. Evidence register updated with MMO1243

  46. Updated partnership page with ongoing & historic project details

  47. updates to register and ongoing projects

  48. MMO1151 added to evidence register

  49. QA evidence process attachment added to page

  50. Partnerships programs added

  51. Evidence requirements - New section created for fulfilled evidence requirements

  52. R140 added to evidence requirement list

  53. Evidence requirement R142 added to evidence requirements

  54. Updating evidence register with MMO1131

  55. Evidence register updated with: MMO1167, MMO1191, MMO1192, MMO1193, MMO1194

  56. Adding MMO1204 to projects completed in 2020

  57. MMO1163 updated from ongoing to Completed 2020

  58. Addition of R141 to register

  59. Evidence register updated with MMO1164

  60. MMO1184 has been added to projects completed in 2019

  61. Project MMO1204 added to register

  62. updating completed 2019 projects MMO1132

  63. updating projects register

  64. MMO1152 moved to completed 2019

  65. 2019 updates made

  66. Duplicate removed

  67. MMO1135 moved to completed in 2019

  68. MMO1190 moved from ongoing to complete

  69. Alternative use of dredge material in the north east, north west, south east and south west marine plan areas (MMO1190) report link added

  70. move MMO1135 from ongoing to Completed

  71. R32: Innovation and technology are developing at an increasing rate. The MMO needs to understand how to apply these new approaches added

  72. mmo 1155 added

  73. R136 - Seascape quality, value and capacity for change added

  74. New projects added

  75. R095 removed

  76. MMO 1131 added

  77. MMO 1134 added

  78. 129, 130 and 131 updated

  79. 1139 added

  80. First published.

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