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Setting out how regulatory bodies can co-ordinate the separate processes for coastal development consents in England.
How you can manage, allocate, swap, transfer or lease fishing quotas.
How to notify the Marine Management Organisation that you are carrying out a seismic or geophysical survey.
Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has implemented actions under the Fisheries Management Plans (FMP) for sustainable fisheries, social and economic goals in English waters of International Council for the Exploration of t…
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…
Published June 2021 the South East Inshore Marine Plan provides guidance for sustainable development from Felixstowe in Suffolk to near Folkestone in Kent.
Apply for European Maritime and Fisheries Funds (EMFF) and download guidance documents and application forms.
List of UK approved oil spill treatment products including the name, nature and type, and what they are approved for
Information on the designation of UK ports for direct landings by foreign vessels and UK vessels according to licence conditions.
Penalty notices and fines that apply for fisheries offences, including illegal catch and marketing offences.
This page details the requirements for the Marine Mammal Reporting licence condition which has been in all fishing vessel licences since 2021.
Marine Management Organisation guidance on the environmental benefits of advanced mooring systems over traditional moorings, as well as the consent and marine licencing process.
UK and foreign vessels landings by UK port and UK vessel landings abroad: provisional data.
The South Marine Plans were published on 17 July 2018.
The Celtic Sea and Western Channel demersal Fisheries Management Plan (FMP) covers English and Welsh waters within ICES areas 7e, 7f, 7g and 7h.
The Sustainability Appraisal (SA) provides an independent assessment of economic, social and environmental sustainability.
Dogger Bank Special Area of Conservation is in the Southern North Sea, off the east coast of England.
An accelerated licensing process may apply to some applications for dredging activity.
Guidance on the technical conservation and landing obligation (discard ban) regulations from 2025, including how the rules apply, selling undersize fish, reporting requirements and quota management.
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