Policy papers and consultations

May 2024 Catch Limit Review

• From: Marine Management Organisation
• Updated: 17 April 2024

• May 2024 proposed catch limit review

  1. Under-10 meter vessels Stock by Area April 2024 May 2024 proposed limit…

Consultation: ICES area 7d and Lyme Bay king scallop dredge fishery closure proposals 2024 

• From: Marine Management Organisation
• Updated: 2 April 2024

This sets out fishing opportunities for British fishing boats for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 26 March 2024

• 26 March 2024: fishing opportunities for British fishing boats for Northern Shelf Anglerfish

  In the 2023 determination of fishing opportunities for UK fishing vessels…

Seeking feedback on draft updated policies for Marine Protected Area (MPA) assessments to inform updates to guidance.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 21 March 2024

There are no catch limit changes proposed for April.

• From: Marine Management Organisation
• Updated: 18 March 2024

Written record of the annual fisheries consultations between the UK and the EU.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 15 March 2024

There are no catch limit changes proposed for March.

• From: Marine Management Organisation
• Updated: 16 February 2024

The North Sea and Channel sprat FMP will set out how we will achieve the long-term sustainable management of sprat fisheries in the relevant English and Scottish waters.

• From: Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science and 2 others
• Updated: 15 February 2024

The Southern North Sea demersal non-quota species FMP will set out how we will achieve the long-term sustainable management of these fisheries in English waters.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 15 February 2024

The Southern North Sea and Channel skate and ray FMP will set out how we will achieve the long-term sustainable management of skate and ray fisheries in the relevant English waters.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 15 February 2024

The queen scallop FMP will set out how we will achieve the long-term sustainable management of queen scallop fisheries in English waters.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 15 February 2024

The cockle FMP will set out how we will achieve the long-term sustainable management of cockle fisheries in English waters.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 15 February 2024

Any questions please contact our inshore quota managers: Katie James: 07747638655 Jacob Bestwick: 07469443840 inshorequotamanager@marinemanagement.org.uk

• From: Marine Management Organisation
• Updated: 18 January 2024

Proposals for reforming the management of fishing discards in England.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 4 January 2024

Proposals for expanding the use of remote electronic monitoring in English waters.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 4 January 2024

These documents provide information on how the water environment is managed in the English part of the Solway Tweed River Basin District.

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 1 January 2024

Information on the mechanisms (policy, legal or financial tools) that underpin the draft summary programme of measures which translate measures into outcomes for the water environment.

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 1 January 2024

November 2023 Catch Limit Review

• From: Marine Management Organisation
• Updated: 21 December 2023

Following this MMO has opened a consultation on a potential seasonal closure of the crawfish fishery. The potential closure would seek to prohibit the retaining and landing of crawfish in English waters of ICES area 7 for al…

• From: Marine Management Organisation
• Updated: 21 December 2023

Seeking views on the proposed Southern North Sea and Eastern Channel mixed flatfish fisheries management plan (FMP) for English waters, and the environmental report on the plan.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 14 December 2023