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This project is a process evaluation for the development of Lyme Bay fisheries management measures for ICES Area 7.e sole, looking specifically at engagement and how these measures were developed.
The Southern North Sea and English Channel Skates and Rays Fisheries Management Plan covers ICES divisions 7d, 7e, 4b and 4c and includes species Thornback ray, Blonde ray, Undulate ray, Small-eyed ray, Spotted ray, Cuckoo r…
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) aims to help the fishing industry maximise use of quotas.
Offer of additional quota to vessels in the non-sector with under 10 metre capped licences and over 10 metres: Category B, Category C and no-quota annex licences.
New legislation requiring all under-12 metre vessels fishing in English waters to have an operational inshore vessel monitoring system (I-VMS) device, is just months away from being in place
Information on the UK's implementation of Data Collection Framework legislation (as amended in retained EU law)
On 15 September 2022, Port of Tyne Authority (“the applicant”) made a formal application to the Marine Management Organisation (“MMO”) under Section 14 of the Harbours Act 1964 for a Harbour Revision Order (“HRO”).
Marine Management Organisation (MMO), on behalf of the UK Fisheries Administrations, has issued the decision on temporary closures to King Scallop fishing in ICES areas 7d and 7e (Lyme Bay) this year.
Nationally significant infrastructure projects in English inshore and offshore waters and deemed marine licences.
Information about the Fisheries and Seafood Scheme
Fees information for the different marine licences and associated work.
Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has today published guidance on this year’s fishing plan for Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (BFT) in UK waters.
Bluefin (BFT) by-catch rules within the commercial fishery.
Information on the current rules applicable to Bluefin tuna in UK waters.
Figures on the fishing industry are released every month, in addition to the annual sea fisheries statistics report
Monthly Sea Fisheries Statistics February 2024
Information on the different types of commercial fishing vessel licences.
New legislation (The Sea Fisheries (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024) will make it a criminal offence for any recreational fishing vessel to target BFT in…
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