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Details of Minimum Conservation Reference Sizes (MCRS) in UK waters.
The licence sets out where you can fish, what you are not allowed to fish and the limits for the stocks you are allowed to fish and land.
Work out if your activity qualifies for the self-service marine licensing process
Guidance to assist fishers understand the role of I-VMS and their responsibilities.
How MMO byelaws are made and what they protect.
This guidance can be used to assist your completion of a standard marine licence application within the MMO’s Marine Case Management System MCMS.
This page details the requirements for the Marine Mammal Reporting licence condition which has been in all fishing vessel licences since 2021.
The timeline illustrates how the assessment and approval process works once an application for a marine licence has been validated.
Current legislation (The Sea Fisheries (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024) makes it a criminal offence for any recreational fishing vessel to target BFT in …
Information on the designation of UK ports for direct landings by foreign vessels and UK vessels according to licence conditions.
Why you need a marine wildlife licence if you are going to disturb a protected species, how to apply and how to report an incident.
Published June 2021 the South East Inshore Marine Plan provides guidance for sustainable development from Felixstowe in Suffolk to near Folkestone in Kent.
The South Marine Plans were published on 17 July 2018.
Find out about the different marine species and how they are protected UK wildlife legislation.
Setting out how regulatory bodies can co-ordinate the separate processes for coastal development consents in England.
Information on responding to an oil spill including your options, how to get a product approved and how long it will take.
Guidance for the Fisheries and Seafood Scheme
UK and England quota management rules
Marine plan for the east inshore and east offshore marine areas
Marine Management Organisation evidence strategy, requirements and reports.
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