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Points will be applied to an English-registered fishing licence if the licence holder is convicted of a serious infringement in a UK court.
Specific regional contact details for marine planning officers at the Marine Management Organisation (MMO)
The full Landing Obligation (discards ban) comes into force on 1 January 2019.
Detailed scheme rules and application forms to fish in the Sole Recovery Zone with regulated gears.
The byelaw for bottom towed fishing gear, including an impact assessment and charts.
Marine plans are statutory plans that guide and inform how English marine plan areas are used and developed.
Fishery products must be traceable at all stages of production, processing and distribution, from catch or harvest to retail sale.
Details of how to report fishing activities, codes for different reports and common species, and extra details for vessel fishing in Norway.
The West of Walney Marine Conservation Zone is off the North West coast of England.
Apply for European Maritime and Fisheries Funds (EMFF) and download guidance documents and application forms.
How you can manage, allocate, swap, transfer or lease fishing quotas.
The process and criteria for the recovery of marine licence applications for decision by ministers.
The Three-Year Reports assess the legislative and regulatory changes that may affect the relevance of the North East, North West, South East, South West and South Marine Plans (the Plans).
Information on the UK's implementation of Data Collection Framework legislation (as amended in retained EU law)
Area overview: The region spans from Berwick to Cleethorpes/Grimsby Port and includes Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, Durham, North Yorkshire, and East Riding.
This guidance outlines the circumstances under which a marine licence may be required from the Marine Management Organisation.
Draft fishing gear impacts evidence documents for stage 3 marine protected areas (MPAs). Stage 3 will seek to assess and manage impacts of fishing on the 43 remaining MPAs with seabed features not already covered in stage 1 …
Guidance for laboratories on physical and chemical determinands for sediment sampling to support marine licence applications.
Information on the pioneering new approaches (including natural capital) to the management of the marine environment.
MMO is proposing management measures for offshore marine protected areas (MPAs) in The Irish Sea region.
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