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On 10 April 2024 Defra launched a Pollack compensation scheme to provide support to those who have been most impacted by the bycatch-only pollack fishery in the South-West.
Details of the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) compliance and enforcement approach to producer organisations.
Fishing and seafood businesses need to prepare for 1 January 2021, the end of the transition period when there will be some new processes for exporting fish and seafood into the EU.
The actions you need to take and project management procedures you need to complete on success of your application.
Information, guidance and forms for applying to be a fish Producer Organisation (PO).
UK National North Sea Cod Avoidance Plan
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.
On Friday 19 June 2015 a precautionary area in Koralbanken has been set for fishing vessels, fishing with seine net and trawl for demersal species.
Please note: the Marine Planning Iteration 3 engagement period ended on 29 March 2019. An engagement summary can be viewed below.
MMO wishes to develop a sufficiently robust evidence base on the full range and types of marine non-licensable activities, their current and potential intensity, and risk of impact on marine protected areas.
The Marine Planning Monitoring Surveys ran from 11 November 2024 to 27 January 2025 and was developed to gain insights into the use of marine plans and the real-world effects that they may be having.
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO), on behalf of Defra, has launched a new online survey inviting stakeholders to share their views on proposed changes to brown crab management in the South West.
Iteration 2: Public engagement on draft visions and options for marine planning in the north east, north west, south east and south west
A project to create a methodology for stakeholders to consider Seascapes quality, value and capacity to accommodate change
UK and foreign vessels landings by UK port and UK vessel landings abroad: provisional data.
From 1 October 2017 UK registered vessels must not fish for berried lobsters.
Marine plan monitoring surveys were carried out between the 5th January and the 7th March 2022 for the North East, North West, East, South, South East and South West Marine Plans.
Documents to provide on application for Harbour Empowerment Orders (HEO)
Revised statements of public participation - North West
This proof of principle study investigated a non-targeted metabolomics approach using mass spectrometry to evaluate if this is a potential approach to distinguish between line and hanging net caught mackerel.
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