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
30 September 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 30 September 2025 show all updates

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

  2. Update 17/06

  3. Update 21/01

  4. Updates to MMO1381 and MMO1414.

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

  6. Update 04/12

  7. Updated 1382

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

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

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

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

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

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

  14. Fisher Engagement Capacity Needs {MMO1383} added.

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

  16. Regional Fisheries Groups Evaluation {MMO1403} added.

  17. MMO1414 - Complete

  18. Update 07 October 2024

  19. MMO1388 added to the Evidence projects register.

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

  21. Evidence projects register - update

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

  23. Small amends

  24. 21 May 2024 update to MMO1332.

  25. Small amends

  26. Evidence projects register - 2024 update

  27. Update 14-03-24

  28. Engagement experiences {1277} - update

  29. Projects added to completed 2023

  30. Document added to completed in 2023

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

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

  33. Evidence register update

  34. All updated

  35. 25 April 2023 update.

  36. 31 March 2023 update.

  37. Update - MMO1297

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

  39. Amended

  40. Updating registers

  41. updates to registers

  42. Updated partnership projects published elsewhere

  43. Project register updated

  44. Evidence register updated with MMO1243

  45. Updated partnership page with ongoing & historic project details

  46. updates to register and ongoing projects

  47. MMO1151 added to evidence register

  48. QA evidence process attachment added to page

  49. Partnerships programs added

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

  51. R140 added to evidence requirement list

  52. Evidence requirement R142 added to evidence requirements

  53. Updating evidence register with MMO1131

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

  55. Adding MMO1204 to projects completed in 2020

  56. MMO1163 updated from ongoing to Completed 2020

  57. Addition of R141 to register

  58. Evidence register updated with MMO1164

  59. MMO1184 has been added to projects completed in 2019

  60. Project MMO1204 added to register

  61. updating completed 2019 projects MMO1132

  62. updating projects register

  63. MMO1152 moved to completed 2019

  64. 2019 updates made

  65. Duplicate removed

  66. MMO1135 moved to completed in 2019

  67. MMO1190 moved from ongoing to complete

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

  69. move MMO1135 from ongoing to Completed

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

  71. mmo 1155 added

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

  73. New projects added

  74. R095 removed

  75. MMO 1131 added

  76. MMO 1134 added

  77. 129, 130 and 131 updated

  78. 1139 added

  79. First published.

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