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Advice and guidance on the catch, landing and sale of common sturgeon.
Regional Fisheries Groups (RFGs) are an initiative set up to enable the inshore fishing sector to come together to share views and promote collaborative working with organisations such as MMO, Defra, Cefas and local IFCAs.
Marine plans are statutory plans that guide and inform how English marine plan areas are used and developed.
UK and foreign vessels landings by UK port and UK vessel landings abroad: provisional data.
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.
This guidance explains when deposit activities may need a marine licence from the Marine Management Organisation.
The Celtic Sea and Western Channel demersal Fisheries Management Plan (FMP) covers English and Welsh waters within ICES areas 7e, 7f, 7g and 7h.
Stage 3 marine protected areas (MPA) site assessments and a methodology document.
Penalty notices and fines that apply for fisheries offences, including illegal catch and marketing offences.
MMO byelaw covering specified areas in the following 13 marine protected areas.
This guidance has been compiled to help recreational divers to ascertain whether diving activities may be licensable.
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…
Brighton Marina Dredge and Disposal marine licence application (MLA/2024/00394).
MMO conducted a programme to assess and identify devices to meet technical specifications for reporting of location, heading and speed by under 12m fishing vessels.
There is anticipated to be excess quota in the English non-sector pools. In order to make the best use of this quota and to ensure opportunities are available to as many vessels as possible, MMO is taking the following actio…
MMO is proposing management measures for offshore marine protected areas (MPAs) in The Western Channel and Southwest region.
Information on spraying oil spill dispersants, different products and equipment, training, and keeping records.
This page details the MMO’s work on the management of marine non-licensable activity in Studland Bay Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ).
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 guidance explains when construction, alteration or improvement works may need a marine licence from the Marine Management Organisation.
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