We use some essential cookies to make this website work.
We’d like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services.
We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services.
You have accepted additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
You have rejected additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
Departments, agencies and public bodies
News stories, speeches, letters and notices
Detailed guidance, regulations and rules
Reports, analysis and official statistics
Consultations and strategy
Data, Freedom of Information releases and corporate reports
Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
Find out about safety and security requirements that apply to goods entering and exiting the UK.
Details of how to manage your effort in the Cod Recovery Zone, Sole Recovery Zone and Western Waters.
Catch quota management is an alternative system of managing fish quotas that counts all catches of fish at sea against a vessel’s quota.
How you can manage, allocate, swap, transfer or lease fishing quotas.
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is responsible for managing fishing and marine non-licensable activities in England’s marine protected areas (MPAs). MMO also manages marine licensable activities through our marine licensing system.
Find out how to apply for funding to replace or modify engines for commercial fishing vessels (fleet modernisation).
Guidance by the Fish Health Inspectorate and Environment Agency: run a fish or shellfish farm, move live fish or shellfish or hold non-native species.
Annual reports assessing the economic and sustainability outcomes of the negotiations on total allowable catches (TACs) and quotas.
Information, guidance and forms for applying to be a fish Producer Organisation (PO).
How to understand each part of your fishing vessel licence – vessel details, conditions, schedule, annex and their current copies.
The UKSIA manages UK domestic fishing vessel access to non-UK waters and foreign vessel access to UK waters.
Licences for activities affecting freshwater and migratory fish.
The Wrasse Complex Fisheries Management Plan (FMP) covers ICES areas 4b, 4c, 7a, 7d, 7e, 7f, 7g, 7h, and 7j within English waters. It includes the following species: Goldsinny, ballan, corkwing and rock cook.
Tax and reporting rules for employers providing social functions, including annual parties, for employees
You can apply to lease extra quota from a producer organisation (PO), to supplement your catch limits or to keep fishing a stock where the 10-metres-and-under or non-sector pool allocation has been used.
Use this form to separate a vessel licence or entitlement and use the component parts of the licence or entitlement.
Collection of documents about fishing vessel licences.
Guide to the rules and regulations to know before performing sea-fishing activities to supply aquariums and zoos.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
To help us improve GOV.UK, we’d like to know more about your visit today. Please fill in this survey (opens in a new tab).